Europrivacy is proud to launch Privacy Elite, a dedicated website celebrating organisations that lead by example in data protection and the DPOs, privacy teams, compliance professionals and auditors behind their achievements.

Through interviews with certified organisations, Privacy Elite explores why they pursued Europrivacy certification for specific data processing activities, how certification fits into their risk management and compliance strategies, and what advice they would give teams starting the process.

Seven firsts in GDPR certification

Among the organisations featured on Privacy Elite are seven that reached milestones in their respective fields.

• PwC Luxembourg was the first company to obtain the European Data Protection Seal.
• Allianz was the first insurer.
• Bvlgari was the first luxury brand.
• CASD Data Technology was the first data hosting provider.
• Piano was the first in digital analytics.
• Aindo was the first start-up.
• Iberdrola was the first in the energy sector.

What organisations learned from pursuing certification

For DPOs and privacy teams considering certification, the interviews offer a look at how organisations across sectors made the decision to pursue it and connected it to their wider compliance work.

Congratulations to the organisations and the teams behind these milestones. Explore Privacy Elite and read their interviews.

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