DATA PROTECTION CERTIFICATION LEGALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE GDPR
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.
The Legally Recognised GDPR Certification and Data Transfer Mechanism
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, build trust.
- Save risks and costs by requesting your service providers to be certified.
Good Reasons to Choose Europrivacy
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SIMPLIFY COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT
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REDUCE LEGAL, FINANCIAL, AND REPUTATIONAL RISKS
for all parties
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SIMPLIFY COMPLIANCE
Save costs, workload, and liability for the company and its B2B partners
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VALUE COMPLIANCE AND TURN IT INTO A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND REVENUES
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OFFICIALLY APPROVED BY THE EU (EDPB) AND LEGALLY RECOGNIZED BY 30 NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
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CHECK AND DEMONSTRATE REAL AND EFFECTIVE COMPLIANCE, NOT JUST COMMITMENTS
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MORE RELIABLE AND PROTECTIVE THAN OTHER MECHANISMS SUCH AS SCCs
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BENEFIT OF LEGAL EFFECTS AND PROTECTION FOR CERTIFIED APPLICANT AND ITS B2B PARTNERS
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BUILD TRUST AND REPUTATION
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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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
Your Smart Journey to Certification
Select your priority data processing activities. You document their compliance and certify them once they are ready.
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Check and Document your compliance to reduce risk
with the Europrivacy criteria and the support of our Welcome Pack, qualified partners, and tools.
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Certify your compliance to Create Value
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Enjoy and Maintain
your compliance thanks to our regulatory updates and online resources.
Feel free to request a free offer from our official partners and use our online GDPR Estimator to assess 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 | |
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| 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 |
Online Resources
Welcome Pack
Get a comprehensive set of resources and subscriptions.
Online Academy
Training courses and official qualifications for Europrivacy experts
Community website
Access to a comprehensive resources and tools tailored to your needs and to address all your questions.
Partners & Experts
An international network of qualified partners.
White Paper
Understanding how to reduce risks and costs, how to simplify, demonstrate, and value compliance.
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Useful Steps and Actions
