your experienced provider in premium
data protection certification
your experienced provider in premium
data protection certification
EuroPriSe stands for European Privacy Seal
A well-respected certification mechanism with more than 15 years of experience in the field of high-quality data protection certification.
EuroPriSe started as a project funded by the EU Commission with the aim of introducing an EU data protection seal of approval. Today, EuroPriSe Cert GmbH, a private company located in Bonn / Germany, offers data protection certification internationally.
Privacy Certification
EuroPriSe Cert focuses entirely on certifications in the field of data protection. We have thus developed a special expertise in this area. Our company is equipped with an interdisciplinary team of experienced technical and legal data protection certification specialists.
GDPR Compliant
In early October 2022, EuroPriSe Cert was the first private company in the EU with certification criteria approved by the competent supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 42 GDPR. We are thus on the verge of being able to offer our customers an approved certification mechanism under the terms of the GDPR.
Holders of the EuroPriSe seals granted so far are companies of various sizes, from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to internationally active corporations such as Microsoft, SAP and Siemens.
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EuroPriSe Certification Benefits
EuroPriSe offers a transparent European privacy certificate that fosters:
About EuroPriSe
Brief History
10/2022:
EuroPriSe Cert GmbH becomes the first private company in the EU with certification criteria approved by the competent supervisory authority.
Since 2020:
EuroPriSe Cert GmbH, a company located in Bonn (DE), is founded in 2020 with official GDPR certification in sight. Since then, the company has been operating EuroPriSe and acting as certification body.
2014-2020:
EuroPriSe GmbH, a private company located in Bonn (DE), operates EuroPriSe and acts as certification body.
2009-2013:
Supervisory authority ULD SH (DE) operates EuroPriSe and acts as certification body.
2007-2009:
EuroPriSe starts as a project funded by the EU Commission with EUR 1.3 million.
Financial Support
EuroPriSe Cert GmbH was founded in 2020 with the aim of unleashing the full potential of official GDPR certification as soon as possible. EuroPriSe Cert is a 100% subsidiary of 2B Advice GmbH, Germany. 2B Advice as parent company ensures the financial stability of EuroPriSe Cert until the company is fully sustainable on its own.
European Privacy Seal
The privacy certificate aims to facilitate an increase of market transparency for privacy relevant products and an enlargement of the market for Privacy Enhancing Technologies and finally an increase of trust in IT.
Interesting for privacy officers who want to strengthen and prove their privacy approach, as well as product developers who want to emphasize privacy aspects in technology marketing and procurement
Gartner Research
Advisor & objective resource for executives
Interesting for privacy officers who want to strengthen and prove their privacy approach, as well as product developers who want to emphasize privacy aspects in technology marketing and procurement
Gartner Research
Advisor & objective resource for executives
Frequently Asked Questions
EuroPriSe certifies
- Processor services (processing operations by processors in the meaning of Art. 4 (8) GDPR);
- controller services (processing operations by controllers in the meaning of Art. 4 (7) GDPR);
- IT products (software and hardware).
EuroPriSe offers generic certifications, therefore any processor service, controller service or IT product is eligible for certification. These three types of certification (processor, controller, product) share common grounds, but there are also specifics for each of them in place (e.g., dedicated criteria catalogues).
Services eligible for certification may address external customers or employees of the service provider. External customers may be consumers, enterprises or other persons / organisations. Services may be free of charge or subject to remuneration.
In terms of information technology used, services may be provided “offline” or require a connection to the Internet. Typical examples for the latter ones are web-based services such as online banking services, whistleblowing systems of search engines. A special subset of web-based services suitable for certification are cloud-based services such as IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service) or SaaS (Software as a Service). The meaning of the notion IT-based service includes services related to Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data and the Internet of Things (IoT).
IT products suitable for certification are products, which are used by a multitude of customers (buyers). The following types of IT products are to be distinguished:
- Hardware products such as a hardware firewall or an external hard disk, which provides for proper encryption of data; and
- Software products such as a database application, a software module for the obfuscation of video data or an age verification module for cigarette vending machines.
The meaning of the notion software products includes mobile apps. However, software provided as software as a service (SaaS) qualifies as an IT based service rather than as an IT product.
EuroPriSe certification provides for the following benefits:
- Demonstration of compliance with GDPR: B2B, B2C, supervisory authority
- Perfect tool in terms of accountability (Art. 5 (2) GDPR)
- Minimization of liability risks
- Avoidance resp. reduction of fines
- Better image / reputation / trust anchor
- Marketing effect / competitive advantage / unique selling proposition
- Prerequisite for tenders / market entry requirement
- Optimization of processes and services
- Last, but not least: Better data protection
