Reduce Risks
by checking your compliance
Value your Compliance
with a GDPR certification
Build Trust and Confidence
and enjoy it
The European Data Protection Seal
Europrivacy is officially recognized as European Data Protection Seal, to certify the conformity of data processing, including products and services, under Art. 42 GDPR. It allows to reduce risks, save costs, simplify and value compliance, build trust, and enjoy the advantage and legal effects of a GDPR certification. Europrivacy certificates are formally recognized by data protection authorities of 30 countries: all EU and EEA Member States.
Europrivacy is supported by online resources and a global ecosystem of qualified partners, including the largest certification bodies, law firms, consulting firms, and solution providers. Europrivacy is continuously maintained by the European Centre for Certification and Privacy (ECCP) in Luxembourg and supervised by an International Board of Experts.
Good Reasons to Choose Europrivacy
- REDUCE RISKS for all parties, including data subjects and B2B partners, by checking and documenting your compliance with officially recognised criteria.
- SAVE COSTS such as due diligence costs under Art. 28 GDPR.
- VALUE COMPLIANCE and turn it into a source of competitive advantages and revenues. Change the perspective on DPO work as a centre of profit with returns on investment.
- BUILD TRUST AND REPUTATION by demonstrating compliance, reducing risks for third parties, and joining an ecosystem supported by world leaders in data protection.
- SIMPLIFY and homogenize compliance management with approved criteria that can easily be extended to other regulations.
- ENJOY the advantages, including legal effects, of a GDPR certification.
GDPR European Data Protection Seal
officially recognized in all EU/EEA Member States (art. 42 GDPR)
Continuously updated
to align with the evolution of regulations and jurisprudence
Extensible
to complementary national and EU regulations
Applicable
to emerging technologies such as AI, IoT, blockchain
Highly reliable
with systematic assessments based on factual criteria, with the highest CSAM score
Time and cost-efficient
thanks to its innovative methodology
ISO compliant
and easily combinable with ISO 27001 and 27701
Comprehensive and applicable
to both data controllers and processors for almost any data processing activities
Independent and managed
by an International Board of Experts
Online resources
Academy, tools, and support
Global ecosystem
of qualified partners and experts for your freedom of choice
Research and Innovation
empowered
3 Steps
Document and validate your Compliance
with the Europrivacy criteria and the support of our Welcome Pack, qualified partners, and tools to reduce your risks.
Certify and value
the compliance of your data processing with an impartial certification body.
Maintain and Enjoy
your compliance thanks to our regulatory updates and online resources.
Your Smart Journey to Certification
Select your priority data processing activities. You document their compliance and certify them once they are ready. Feel free to request a free offer from our official partners. Our Welcome Pack gives you access to a whole set of resources, including our Online Academy and our Community and Resources Platform that provides all the documentation to apply Europrivacy. You can also use our online GDPR Estimator to assess how much you can save with a GDPR certification.
Our Highly Qualified Partners
Europrivacy is supported by an ecosystem of highly qualified partners, including law firms, consulting firms, solution providers and certification bodies. Thanks to their global presence, our partners are near you and can help you prepare, assess, document and certify the compliance of your data processing activities.
Interprivacy
Interprivacy is the international and geographically neutral version of Europrivacy. Endorsed by IAF and its 96 national accreditation autghorities, it addresses the main obligations contained in international and regional data protection regulations, such as EU GDPR, Convention 108+ CoE, Global CBPR Forum, APEC Declaration, and Malabo Convention. Europrivacy and Interprivacy criteria are closely aligned and interoperable.
Extend your certification to other regulations
Europrivacy can easily be extended to other national regulations (i.e. Japan, India, Canada, Switzerland, Brazil, etc.) by using criteria extensions. ECCP also provides criteria using the same methodology to check and certify regulatory compliance with other regulations, such as artificial intelligence, Data Act, CRA, NIS2, EHDS, DORA, etc.
Advantages of Europrivacy
Cost-Efficient
Source of Value Creation
and competitive advantages
Save costs
such as due diligence under Art. 28 GDPR
Simplify compliance management
Sequenced Process
with the possibility to stop at any stage
Enhanced Methodology
enabling systematic and cost-efficient assessment
Combinable with ISO Certifications
such as ISO/IEC 27001
Extensible to Complementary non-EU National Regulations
Legal and Financial Risks Mitigations
Reliable
Endorsed by EDPB and EA
Highly Comprehensive
for data processing in products, services, and information management systems
Developed by Top European Experts in Data Protection
Continuous Improvement and Actualisation Process
with regular revisions of the certification scheme
Systematic Training and Evaluation of Auditors
Maintained by an International Board of Experts
in data protection law, certification and cybersecurity
Extendable to National Obligations
Covering Emerging Technologies
such as data analytics, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, etc.
Combining Expertise
in data protection law, cybersecurity and certification
Trustable
Adopted by World Leaders in Certification
Aligned with ISO Requirements
Specified in close cooperation with Data Protection Authorities
Developed through the European Research Programme
co-funded by the European Commission and Switzerland
Supported by Qualified Consulting and Law Firms
Blockchain-enhanced Certificates Registry
Compliance Assessment Tool
to prepare the certification
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Privacy Pact enables companies to communicate their commitment to personal data protection and data subjects’ rights. It also enables companies located outside of the EU to voluntarily and contractually abide to respect the GDPR obligations.
A Reliable Certification Scheme
Endorsed by EDPB and by EA, Europrivacy is supported by world leaders in compliance and delivered by qualified Certification Bodies accredited under Art. 43 GDPR. The certification is aligned with the applicable ISO/IEC 17065 and 17021-1 principles. It combines various methodologies, such as documentation review, sampling analysis, technical tests, inspections, and interviews. Delivered certificates can be authenticated on our public Europrivacy Registry.
Europrivacy has been developed through the European research programme, with financial support of the European Commission and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation. It is supervised by an international board of experts in data protection law, cybersecurity, and certification. It has been approved by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and European Accreditation (EA).
