Press Releases from EuroPriSe GmbH (4 total)
EuroPriSe celebrates 10th anniversary and looks forward to acting as an accredit …
The idea of a European Privacy Seal assumed shape in 2004 when trust and accountability increasingly became factors and data protection their essential conveyor. EuroPriSe was first introduced as an EU-funded project. The EuroPriSe project phase lasted from 2007 until 2009. During that period, a general framework for the European Privacy Seal was established and is essentially valid until today. Three data protection authorities (DPAs) took part in the…
EuroPriSe: GDPR ready certification criteria for products and services to be ope …
In spring 2016, the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will be applicable from late May 2018 required EuroPriSe to initiate an update of its certification criteria. The major objective of this update was to incorporate the new legal provisions that are introduced by the regulation into the existing certification catalogue. At the same time, EuroPriSe Certification Authority (CA) took the opportunity to adjust this…
EuroPriSe: vbl.de first website awarded with European Privacy Seal
VBL. Versorgungsanstalt des Bundes und der Länder (Pension Institution of the Federal Republic and the Länder) has successfully completed the first trial run of the new EuroPriSe “Website Certification” process.
EuroPriSe’s Website Certification certifies that data processing resulting from typical interactions between a web server and the visitor’s browser conforms to European data protection law. Central aspects of the certification process include the usage of cookies, the storage of IP…
EuroPriSe: Privacy-friendly Internet search with Ixquick and Startpage reaffirme …
Netherlands based Surfboard Holding B.V. proved that their meta search engines Ixquick and Startpage still meet all relevant requirements of EU data protection law.
Surfboard Holding B.V. runs a meta search engine which is provided under two different names: Ixquick and Startpage. Both versions of the service use the same IT-systems, but a different look and feel. Users can search the Internet for web pages, images and videos, therefore making use…
