10 Tips for GDPR Certification
- Request your data processors to be certified. Under Art. 28 GDPR, data controllers are liable for what happens with the data shared with their data processors. Getting your data processors certified reduces your legal risks, and your processors monitoring costs and efforts. Use the Europrivacy community website webpage for procurement and tender guidelines.
- Purchase a Welcome Pack to access a whole set of useful online resources available for three years, including the Europrivacy Community website, as well as the two first publication fees at a lower cost.
- View the introductory course on the Europrivacy Online Academy (included in the Welcome Pack).
- Use the "Certification Journey" page in the Europrivacy Community website with its step-by-step process to certification and direct links to the required resources.
- Be smart in selecting your priority data processing activities to be certified: Select your target of evaluation according to (1) your priority risks, and (2) highest potential of value creation. Discuss with your sales and marketing team to identify the products and services for which the certification can constitute a impactful competitive advantage.
- Use the Europrivacy Guidelines for Specifying your Targets of Evaluation available in the Europrivacy Community website. Specify targets of evaluation that are (1) comprehensive, (2) manageable, and (3) easily understandable by the public. If you can draw the flows of personal data of your target of evaluation on a A3 page, it is likely to be a good scope.
- Request a free online meeting to receive guidance on the certification process through the Europrivacy online contact form.
- Use the contact form to request service offers from official partners. Your request will be shared with partners active in your country. You can also directly contact individual service providers through the Official Partner webpage.
- Once certified, use the Guidelines for communicating your certification available in the Europrivacy Community website.
- Then, use the Guidelines for Valuing your Certification and turn it into a source of value creation.
