Goals

The objectives of the prestation Certification of training providers for the Protection of Personal Data :

Its objective is to certify the quality of the actions of training providers in the protection of personal data under a single reference system.

Who is this certification for?

It is for training providers who wish to enhance the content of their personal data protection training, with a view to demonstrating their compliance with the requirements of the CNIL.

Did you know?
For service providers subject to the obligation of certification according to the national quality standard (Qualiopi), it is expected that this certificate will be taken into account during the evaluation carried out to obtain certification as a data protection training provider.

How to obtain certification

The data protection training provider certification is a voluntary process.
Nevertheless, to help you obtain this certification under the best possible conditions, and better meet the requirements of the CNIL* reference system, it is recommended that:

- Your data protection training has already been designed and delivered
- Your quality system has been in place for 6 months and has been internally audited at least once

This certification offers numerous benefits to customers

Increased confidence that customers' needs and expectations will be metA process of continuous improvement and updating of content National recognition.
Description
With the rise of digital technology, the number of Internet users continues to increase. Every second, users, whether personal or professional, leave behind a multitude of data. This information, collected by visited websites, is exploited daily for sometimes unscrupulous purposes.

To protect and strengthen the security related to the processing of personal data of Internet users, the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) was established in 2016 and, since 2018, must be applied by all companies that process their users' data. Training organisations are no exception to this rule.

What is Certification of Data Protection Training Providers?

It is a certification based on the CNIL standard. It is a voluntary mechanism allowing training organisations to justify that their service is part of a logic of compliance with the GDPR and the French Data Protection Act.
It concerns training providers who wish to promote the content of their personal data protection training, to demonstrate their compliance with CNIL requirements.

Characteristics

Obtaining a certification based on the CNIL standard and accredited by Cofrac (scope No. 5-0587, available on www.cofrac.fr) allows you as a training provider to obtain recognition certifying the quality of the training you provide in this area.

Offering a training action as a certified organisation will allow you to rely on the guarantees provided by compliance with the criteria of the standard, namely:

- a base of skills and abilities defined by the CNIL;
- content very regularly updated to take into account current events in data protection;
- speakers mobilized according to their skills and their ability to meet the specific objectives of each training (for example a sector of activity, a theme or a particular processing of personal data).

Steps and process

To obtain certification, Apave Certification supports you through the 6 steps leading to the issuance of your certificate:

- Initial certification request
- Audit planning between the audited organisation & Apave Certification
- Initial certification audit
- Certification decision
- Certificate issuance
- Follow-up audit according to the standard's modalities
Periodicity
The certificate is valid for 3 years and has the advantage that its certification cycle is compatible with the Qualiopi certification.
Prestation
Certification of training providers for the Protection of Personal Data
Ref : TSER0050

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