Europrivacy: the first certification mechanism to ensure compliance with GDPR

"Europrivacy is the first certifcation mechanism that demonstrates compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It marks a leap forward in ensuring the respect of the European Union's groundbreaking privacy protection rules.
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The European data processing board, an independent body bringing together the EU’s national data protection authorities from across the EU, approved the very first European Data Protection Seal. The certification mechanism encompasses a wide range of data processing operations in many sectors. Both data controllers, the companies and services who decide ‘why’ and ‘how’ personal data is processed, as well as data processors, a third party or employee who processes personal data on behalf of the controller, perform such operations. The Europrivacy certification can help data controllers and data processors certify their is valid in all member states.

Compliance with GDPR: simplified & certified

With GDPR, the EU has taken the lead in modernising and strengthening users’ rights and freedoms to protect their personal data, and hence, their privacy. The Europrivacy certification criteria is based on the data protection requirements laid down in the regulation.

Companies and services can use the certification scheme to increase the value of their businesses and trust in their services. They can use Europrivacy to:

- assess the compliance of their data processing activities
- select data processors
- assess the adequacy of cross-border data transfers
- assure citizens and clients of the adequate processing of their personal data
- Meanwhile, citizens can rest assured that companies are adequately processing their personal data, in respect of their rights as data subjects...." Lire la suite