EDPB opinion on Luxembourg certification scheme

02/02/2022 | EDPB

The European Data Protection Board has published its first opinion regarding certification schemes, responding to a submission from Luxembourg's data protection authority on its EU General Data Protection Regulation Certified Assurance Report-based Processing Activities. The GDPR-CARPA contains requirements that certification bodies have to fulfil to be granted accreditation by the CNPD. EDPB Chair Andrea Jelinek called the opinion "an important step towards greater GDPR compliance," while noting controllers and processors can "gain greater visibility and credibility" by submitting to such certification mechanisms.

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