ECCP – European Centre for Certification and Privacy
ECCP brings research and innovation to the service of data protection and regulatory compliance. It offers a unique expertise and methodology for translating legal obligations into auditable criteria. It enables to reduce risks, to simplify, and value compliance.
Building Trust and Confidence in Regulatory Compliance
ECCP Official Partners
Certification Schemes
Europrivacy
The official European Data Protection Seal under Art. 42 GDPR. Applicable to all sorts of data processing, including innovative technologies. Fit for both data controllers and processors.
Normative reference: EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Interprivacy
The international data protection certification, encompassing the main international and regional regulations in the domain of privacy and personal data protection.
Normative reference: GDPR, Convention 108+, Malabo convention, ASEAN Framework, Ibero-American PDPS, Global CBPR Forum, EU-US DPF
AIA Cert
The artificial intelligence certification to assess and certify compliance with the key principles related to artificial intelligence.
Normative reference: AI Act, AI Framework Convention of the Council of Europe, OECD Principles.
ePrivacy
The Europrivacy extension to assess and certify compliance of websites and electronic communication services with the ePrivacy directive.
Normative reference: EU ePrivacy Directive
DORA Cert
To assess and certify regulatory compliance of ICT systems in the financial sector with the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act.
Normative reference: Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)
Data Act Cert
To assess and certify regulatory compliance of data processing and management with the EU Data Act.
Normative reference: Data Act (DA)
DGA Cert
To assess and certify regulatory compliance of data processing and management with the EU Data Governance Act.
Normative reference: Data Governance Act (DGA)
Ethical Cert
To assess and certify regulatory compliance of projects, services, products, and data processing with core ethical principles.
Normative references: 52 different ethics-related sources of international law, EU law, and international standards.
NIS2 Cert
Normative reference: Directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS2 Directive)
CRA Cert
Normative reference: Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)
ECCP is developing and standardising norms with a focus on regulatory compliance. Other standards developed by ECCP include:
• Trust Scale Levels: to assess and determine in an objective and factual manner the level of confidence one can have in the effective compliance of a data recipient. Additional information available here
• Assessment Methodology of Data Protection Certification Schemes: to assess and compare the quality and reliability of diverse certification schemes on the basis of factual criteria. Additional information available here
