{"id":21952,"date":"2024-12-04T13:19:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T12:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandcompliance.com\/?p=21952"},"modified":"2025-07-15T16:09:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:09:20","slug":"european-data-protection-seal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandcompliance.com\/en\/news\/european-data-protection-seal\/","title":{"rendered":"Approval of the European Data Protection Seal (GDPR)"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 3 December 2024, the EDPB announced in a news item<\/a> that the Board has approved the Brand Compliance certification criteria for processing activities by controllers or processors.<\/span><\/span> The approval means that these criteria are applicable throughout Europe and as a European Data Protection Seal.<\/span><\/span>
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Approval<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

After an extensive international assessment process, the European Data Protection Board<\/span><\/span> (EDPB) has approved GDPR Certification Standard and Criteria BC 5701:2024 as the European Data Protection Seal. This means that all European supervisors share the opinion that the application of this standard leads to a demonstrably appropriate implementation of the GDPR<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result, this also allows European companies, after accreditation, to demonstrate their compliance with the GDPR by being certified according to this standard<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BC 5701<\/h2>\n

More than a year ago, in October 2023, the Dutch Data Protection Authority already approved the GDPR Certification Standard and Criteria BC 5701:2023 for the Dutch market. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The 2024 version is currently in the application phase for accreditation with the Dutch Accreditation Council<\/a>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Accreditation is important to be able to officially <\/span>demonstrate<\/span> that there is justified confidence that the specified requirements of Regulation (EU) 2016\/679 are met.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Development and approval process<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

The diagram below shows the development and approval process of the standard.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Why choose BC 5701 certification?<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

The European <\/span>Data Protection <\/span>Seal shows recognition and trust in your organization. Companies that certify themselves for BC 5701 <\/a><\/span>demonstrate<\/span> that they meet the GDPR requirements and strengthen their reliability with stakeholders.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Would you like to know more about the content of the BC 5701 standard? Request the free BC 5701 whitepaper:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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