Educational activities of the Personal Data Protection Office in the area of certification
Following the approval on 8 December of the Additional Accreditation Requirements for Certification Bodies by the President of the Personal Data Protection Office and their publication on the Personal Data Protection Office’s website, there will be educational activities dedicated to certification in the field of personal data protection under the GDPR.
The first webinar in the “Certification in Data Protection” series.
Table of contents of the recording:
00:03 – Jakub Groszkowski, Deputy President of the Personal Data Protection Office- welcome and introduction to the subject of the webinar
05:19 – Krzysztof Król, Head of Codes and Certification Division – information on the Personal Data Protection Office’s activities regarding certification in the protection of personal data in the European and national forums
09:36 – Piotr Drobek, Counsellor of the Personal Data Protection Office – speech entitled “Certification in Data Protection”- presentation
- 11:07 – the legal framework for certification and the documents adopted by the EDPB, the purpose of certification
- 33:16 – certification mechanisms, seals and marks
- 40:12 – types of certification mechanisms
- 44:46 – the role of supervisory authorities in the certification process
- 51:19 – the object of certification (criteria for assessing data processing operations)
- 58:39 – scope of certification mechanism
- 01:05:00 – EDPB’s opinions on certification criteria
01:09:35 –Q&A session
As part of the educational activities dedicated to certification in the field of personal data protection under GDPR, another webinar in the “Certification in Data Protection” series was held, during which Agnieszka Kociełkiewicz from the Codes and Certification Division of the Personal Data Protection Office and Krzysztof Król Head of the Codes and Certification Division of the Personal Data Protection Office brought the audience closer to the details of the certification mechanism and the procedures for approving the certification criteria.
The second webinar in the “Certification in Data Protection” series took place on 30 January 2024- the recording is available below.
Table of contents of the recording:
00:05 – Krzysztof Król, Head of the Codes and Certification Division – welcome, information on the Office’s activities concerning certification in personal data protection and introduction to the webinar’s topic
02:30 – Agnieszka Kociełkiewicz, Senior Specialist of the Codes and Certification Division
- 02:47 – a reminder of the key points discussed during the first webinar on certification
- 06:10 – an explanation of what the certification mechanisms are and the certification criteria that form an integral part of them
- 17:52 – discussing the procedure for approval of the certification criteria, including its progress at the EDPB level
00:31:30 –Q&A session
The third webinar in the “Certification in Data Protection” series was held on 26 February 2024 – the recording is available below.
