DATA PROTECTION CERTIFICATION LEGALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE GDPR

Approved by the EDPB · GDPR Art. 42 & 46

Europrivacy™/® to save risks and costs, by simplifying, certifying, and valuing your GDPR compliance with legal benefits, safe data transfers, competitive advantages, and revenue generation.

Europrivacy

Official Partners - Worldwide Coverage

  • BSI
  • DNV
  • Bureau Veritas
  • TAM Cert
  • EY Law
  • Deloitte
  • PWC
  • KPMG
  • Accenture
  • Forvis Mazars
  • SAP
What is Europrivacy?

The Legally Recognised GDPR Certification and Data Transfer Mechanism

Europrivacy is officially recognized as European Data Protection Seal, to certify GDPR compliance of data processing, including products and services, under Art. 42 and 46 GDPR.

  • Europrivacy certificates are formally recognized by data protection authorities of 30 countries: all EU and EEA Member States.
  • Enables to enjoy the advantage and legal effects of a GDPR certification.
  • Can be used as a mechanism for international data transfers.
  • Available in Europe and across the World.
  • Allows to reduce risks, save costs, simplify and value compliance.
  • Builds trust and confidence.

Save risks, costs, and efforts by requesting your service providers to be certified.

Good Reasons to Choose Europrivacy

  • 1

    CHECK AND PROVE EFFECTIVE COMPLIANCE

    not just commitments.

  • 2

    REDUCE LEGAL, FINANCIAL, AND REPUTATIONAL RISKS

    for all parties.

  • 3

    SIMPLIFY COMPLIANCE AND DATA TRANSFERS

    with processors and third-countries

  • 4

    SAVE COSTS, WORKLOAD, AND LIABILITY

    for the company and its B2B partners.

  • 5

    VALUE COMPLIANCE AND TURN IT INTO A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND REVENUES

  • 6

    BUILD TRUST AND REPUTATION

  • 7

    MORE RELIABLE AND PROTECTIVE THAN OTHER MECHANISMS SUCH AS SCCs

  • 8

    LEGAL EFFECTS AND BENEFITS IN THE EU AND EEA

    for certified applicants and their B2B partners.

  • 9

    EASILY EXTENDABLE TO OTHER REGULATIONS

  • 10

    RECOGNIZED BY GDPR TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE

    of Data Controllers (Art. 24), Processors (Art. 28), security measures (Art. 32), and data protection by design and by default (Art. 25)

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Other Advantages of Europrivacy

Cost-Efficient, Reliable and Trustable

Click on each pillar to discover the advantages in detail.

How it works

Your Smart Journey to Certification

Select your priority data processing activities. Document their compliance and certify them once you are ready.

  1. 1

    Check and Document your compliance to reduce risk

    with the Europrivacy criteria and the support of our Welcome Pack, qualified partners, and tools.

  2. 2

    Certify your compliance to Create Value

  3. 3

    Enjoy and Maintain

    your compliance thanks to our regulatory updates and online resources.

Feel free to request pro bono support and guidance, to demand offers from our official partners, and to use our online GDPR Estimator for assessing how much you can save with a GDPR certification.

Comparison with other Certifications

While Europrivacy can be combined with and leverage ISO/IEC 27001, it provides a unique set of added value:

  • Legal effects and benefits under GDPR
  • Recognized by 30 jurisdictions
  • Can be applied to products and services
  • Mechanism for international data transfer
  • Saves risks and costs under Art. 28 GDPR

GDPR Certification versus other Mechanisms

Contrary to other GDPR mechanisms, certification relies on independent audits to ensure that compliance is effective. This is why certification is mentioned 73 times by the GDPR — more than all other mechanisms together — and has many legal effects.

Certification CC BCR SCC
Data protection by design & by default (Art. 25 GDPR) Yes No No No
Adequacy of Data Controllers (Art. 24 GDPR) Yes Yes No No
Adequacy of Data Processors (Art. 28 GDPR) Yes Yes No No
Adequacy of security (Art. 32 GDPR) Yes Yes No No
Impact on administrative fines under (Art. 83 GDPR) Yes Yes No No
Universality: Cross-industry applicability Yes No No Yes
Valuable as an intangible asset Yes No No No
Possibility to focus on priority data processing Yes No No Yes
Scalability (1 for all B2B partners) Yes Yes Yes No
Number of GDPR references 73 36 25 7

Save Risks and Costs:
Request your Service Provider to be GDPR-Certified

Art. 28 GDPR makes companies liable and exposed to sanctions if their data processors breach the GDPR. They must closely assess and verify that their selected processors’ provide sufficient guarantees of GDPR compliance. Fortunately, the same article recognises that an approved GDPR certification can be used to demonstrate sufficient guarantees. By requesting your data processors to be certified under the GDPR, you save risks, as well as  due diligence efforts and costs. Discover our free support to help you improve your procurement policy. 

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