Certification Mechanism
What is Certification Mechanism?
A voluntary process under GDPR through which organizations demonstrate compliance with data protection requirements through approved certification bodies.
Terms that appear alongside certification mechanism
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as certification mechanism. The number is how many controls name both.
- data protection 7 shared controls
- certification 7 shared controls
- code of conduct 7 shared controls
- binding corporate rules 6 shared controls
- standard contractual clauses 5 shared controls
- consent 5 shared controls
- supervisory authority 5 shared controls
- gdpr 5 shared controls
Frameworks that govern certification mechanism
What the standards actually require on certification mechanism
Requirements naming certification mechanism across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
A controller or processor does not transfer or permit the transfer of personal data from Nigeria to another country unless the recipient is subject to a law, binding corporate rules, contractual clauses, code of conduct or certification mechanism affording an...
nigeria-data-protection-act-2023-ndpa::41 · Basis for cross-border transfer of personal data →Implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure, and to be able to demonstrate, that processing is performed in accordance with the Regulation, taking into account the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing and the risks of var...
GDPR-Art.24 · Responsibility of the controller →North Macedonia PDPL MKPDP-8 + Articles 47-52 Cross-Border Data Transfers. Transfer of personal data outside North Macedonia permitted only where: (1) destination jurisdiction provides adequate level of protection (Article 47) - AZLP follows EU adequacy decisi...
MKPDP-Cross-Border-Transfers-MKPDP-8-Articles-47-52-Adequacy-SCC-BCR-EU-Schrems-Convention-108 · North Macedonia PDPL Cross-Border + MKPDP-8 + Articles 47-52 + EU Adequacy →International transfers are allowed to countries, organisations and legal persons the Authority has declared adequate by reasoned resolution (reviewed annually, published in the Registro Oficial, with general effect so no prior authorisation is needed), judged...
ley-org-nica-de-protecci-n-de-datos-personales-lopdp::56-57 · Arts. 55 to 57 and 60 and RGLOPDP Arts. 71 to 74: transfers to adequate countries, with appropriate safeguards or under exceptions →Standard 8 per Section 27 + the Schedule of the Jamaica Data Protection Act 2020: Personal data shall not be transferred outside Jamaica unless adequate protection is provided.
JM-DPA2020-Standard8-Transfers-Outside-Jamaica-Sec27-Adequacy-Decisions-Standard-Contractual-Clauses-BCR-Derogations · Jamaica DPA 2020 Standard 8 - Transfers Outside Jamaica + Section 27 + Adequacy Decisions + Standard Contractual Clauses + Binding Corporate Rules + Derogations + Cross-Border Data Flows + Caribbean Community + International Data Privacy →Article 16 of the Kazakhstan PDPL governs cross-border transfers of personal data outside Kazakhstan territory. (1) Article 16 General Framework: Cross-border transfer permitted only on specific grounds (a) Adequacy Determination by Authorized Body;
KZ-PDPL-Cross-Border-Transfer-Article16-Adequacy-Consent-Public-Interest-Contract-Authorized-Body-Approval · Kazakhstan PDPL Cross-Border Transfer + Article 16 + Adequacy + Consent + Public Interest + Contract + Authorized Body Approval + EAEU/CIS Coordination + Russia Coordination + Sovereign Risk Considerations →Questions people ask about certification mechanism
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