# Automate Global Privacy on Any Tech Stack

# What is Fides?

Fides Orientation from Ethyca on Vimeo

Fides (pronounced _/fee-dhez/_, from Latin: Fidēs) is an open-source Privacy-as-Code platform that lets you manage, maintain, and automate privacy compliance throughout your organization.

Leveraging the powerful and lightweight [Fides language (opens in a new tab)](https://ethyca.github.io/fideslang/), Fides provides automated data mapping, consent management, and data subject request fulfillment, with built-in support for regulations such as [GDPR (opens in a new tab)](https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/), [CCPA](/content/docs/regulations/ccpa/index.html), [VCDPA](/content/docs/regulations/vcdpa/index.html), and [LGPD (opens in a new tab)](https://iapp.org/news/a/the-new-brazilian-general-data-protection-law-a-detailed-analysis/) by default.

Ready to get started? Use our [Quick Start guide](/content/docs/getting-started/index.html) to go from 'Zero to DSR Automation' in minutes!

## Getting Started

[**Privacy Request Automation**\
Go from 'Zero to DSR Automation' in your own infrastructure.\
Learn More](/content/privacy-requests/index.html)

[**Data Mapping**\
Generate maps of your systems and infrastructure with Fides' automated tools.\
Learn More](/content/data-mapping/index.html)

[**Managing Consent**\
Understand how Fides can help provide you with compliance-minded consent solutions.\
Learn More](/content/consent/index.html)

## Why is it called Fides?

Fides was the goddess of trust and good faith in Roman paganism. Fides represented everything that was required for _"honor and credibility"_ in every aspect of Roman life. In addition to this, Fides means _"reliability": reliability between two parties, which is always reciprocal_. Fides stood out for her embodiment of this project's philosophy - to provide developers with a powerful tool to make privacy a default feature of any software.

If you'd like a brief Roman mythology lesson, check out [Fides on Wikipedia (opens in a new tab)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fides_(deity)).

[Quick Start](/content/docs/getting-started "Quick Start"/index.html)