Certification Mechanisms and Data Protection Seals and Marks

Certification is a voluntary tool that helps organisations ensure and demonstrate GDPR compliance.
The register provides an overview of the existing certification mechanisms and data protection seals and marks, issued by competent data protection authorities after an EDPB opinion (Art. 42(5) and Art. 42(8) GDPR), including where this amounts to a European data protection seal.
It also include the approved requirements for the accreditation of certification bodies (Art. 43(3) GDPR).

BC5701:2023

08 February 2024

Scheme owner

Brand Compliance B.V.

Scope

Generic

Type of criteria

National certification criteria

Applicability of the scheme

Controllers and processors within the Netherlands

Certification as tool for transfers

List of documents assessed by the EDPB

Certification standard BC 5701:2022 versie 1.2

EuroPriSe

26 January 2024

DE/LDI NRW

Scheme owner

EuroPriSe Cert GmbH

Scope

Certification of processing operations by processors in accordance with the GDPR using the EuroPriSe method

Type of criteria

National certification criteria

Applicability of the scheme

Data Processors

Certification as tool for transfers

List of documents assessed by the EDPB

EuroPriSe_criteria catalogue_Processors_EN_v2_1

GDPR-CARPA

26 January 2024

Scheme owner

LU SA

Scope

Any type of processing except:

personal data processing operations specifically targeting minors under 16 years old,
processing operations in the context of a joint controllership,
processing operations in the context of article 10 GDPR, except those that are clearly defined and regulated by Luxembourgish or European Laws and for which the CNPD is the competent supervisory authority (e.g. Loi du 1er août 2018 relative à la protection des personnes physiques à l’égard du traitement des données à caractère personnel en matière pénale ainsi qu’en matière de sécurité nationale),
processing operations of entities that have not officially designated a DPO* (article 37 GDPR). 

Type of criteria

National certification criteria

Applicability of the scheme

controllers and processors established in Luxembourg

Certification as tool for transfers

List of documents assessed by the EDPB