Europrivacy

<h2 id="recognition-and-accreditation">Recognition and accreditation</h2>
<p>Since October 2022, Europrivacy has been officially recognized across all <a href="/facts/Member_state_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">EU Member States</a> by the <a href="/facts/European_Data_Protection_Board/CLv3tSfj">European Data Protection Board</a> (EDPB) as a European Data Protection Seal.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> This recognition ensures that certified organizations are compliant and continue to be compliant with GDPR standards. The framework provides a standardized approach to privacy compliance, which supports multinational companies in demonstrating adherence to data protection standards. 
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection_en">Data Protection - European Commission</a></li>
<li><a href="https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2018/handbook-european-data-protection-law-2018-edition">Handbook on European Data Protection Law</a></li>
<li><a href="https://europrivacy.com/en">Europrivacy Official Website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://interprivacy.org">Interprivacy web page</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance), 2016-04-27, retrieved 2024-11-03 <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679" target="_blank">https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Horizon 2020 - European Commission". research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2024-11-03. <a href="https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-2020_en" target="_blank">https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-2020_en</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Opinion 28/2022 on the Europrivacy criteria of certification regarding their approval by the Board as European Data Protection Seal pursuant to Article 42.5 (GDPR) | European Data Protection Board". www.edpb.europa.eu. Retrieved 2024-11-03. <a href="https://www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/our-documents/opinion-board-art-64/opinion-282022-europrivacy-criteria-certification_en" target="_blank">https://www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/our-documents/opinion-board-art-64/opinion-282022-europrivacy-criteria-certification_en</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Europrivacy: the first certification mechanism to ensure compliance with GDPR | Shaping Europe's digital future". digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu. 2022-10-17. Retrieved 2024-11-03. <a href="https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/europrivacy-first-certification-mechanism-ensure-compliance-gdpr" target="_blank">https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/europrivacy-first-certification-mechanism-ensure-compliance-gdpr</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Europrivacy | European Data Protection Board". www.edpb.europa.eu. Retrieved 2024-11-03. <a href="https://www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/accountability-tools/certification-mechanisms-seals-and-marks/europrivacy_en" target="_blank">https://www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/accountability-tools/certification-mechanisms-seals-and-marks/europrivacy_en</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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