Goals
The objectives of the prestation Data Protection Officer DPO skills certification :
The objectives of the Data Protection Officer (DPO) Competence Certification service align with the CNIL DPO certification framework.
This certification is aimed at any person whose role is to implement GDPR compliance within the organization (data controller or processor) that appointed them, concerning all processing operations carried out.
The DPO certificate also concerns any person with a minimum of 2 years of experience in projects, activities, or tasks related to DPO missions (data processing, data protection, awareness-raising, personal data compliance).
The CNIL's Data Protection Officer competence certification framework includes
This certification is aimed at any person whose role is to implement GDPR compliance within the organization (data controller or processor) that appointed them, concerning all processing operations carried out.
The DPO certificate also concerns any person with a minimum of 2 years of experience in projects, activities, or tasks related to DPO missions (data processing, data protection, awareness-raising, personal data compliance).
The CNIL's Data Protection Officer competence certification framework includes
Description
To be eligible for the DPO professional certification exam, the candidate must demonstrate:
Initial DPO certification application: you must have professional experience
of at least 2 years in projects, activities, or tasks related to DPO (data protection officer) missions regarding personal data protection
or
of at least 2 years, as well as at least 35 hours of training in personal data protection received from a training organization
Possesses at least one year of professional experience, acquired within the last 3 years, in projects, activities, or tasks related to DPO missions concerning data protection or information security, attested by a third party (employer or client).
The DPO competence certification exam consists of a 120-question MCQ lasting 3 hours.
30% of these questions are written in the form of practical cases related to data protection; for each, 4 answers will be proposed, of which at least 1 is correct.
The candidate must obtain at least 75% correct answers (minimum 15/20) and at least 50% correct answers for each of the 3 domains: regulation, responsibility, security.
The renewal of the professional DPO certificate is possible before the certificate's due or expiration date, provided that the certified person successfully passes a new written exam with the same modalities as described above. They must also demonstrate that they have at least one year of professional experience, acquired within the last 3 years, in projects, activities, or tasks related to DPO missions concerning data protection or information security, attested by a third party (employer or client).
Initial DPO Certification Price: 600€ excl. VAT in person or remotely (300€ excl. VAT for retake if first session is failed).
Renewal Price: 410€ excl. VAT* and 300€ for the retake exam.
*Preferential rate for candidates already certified by Apave Certification
Application form to be sent to sihem.belatreche@apave.com
Download the In-person Sessions Schedule
Download the Candidate Guide
Download the Candidate Code of Ethics
Download the Application Form
Download the Order Form
Download the General Certification Conditions
Initial DPO certification application: you must have professional experience
or
DPO certification renewal:
Possesses at least one year of professional experience, acquired within the last 3 years, in projects, activities, or tasks related to DPO missions concerning data protection or information security, attested by a third party (employer or client).
How to obtain the DPO certificate
The DPO competence certification exam consists of a 120-question MCQ lasting 3 hours.
30% of these questions are written in the form of practical cases related to data protection; for each, 4 answers will be proposed, of which at least 1 is correct.
The candidate must obtain at least 75% correct answers (minimum 15/20) and at least 50% correct answers for each of the 3 domains: regulation, responsibility, security.
The renewal of the professional DPO certificate is possible before the certificate's due or expiration date, provided that the certified person successfully passes a new written exam with the same modalities as described above. They must also demonstrate that they have at least one year of professional experience, acquired within the last 3 years, in projects, activities, or tasks related to DPO missions concerning data protection or information security, attested by a third party (employer or client).
DPO certificate fees:
*Preferential rate for candidates already certified by Apave Certification
Application form to be sent to sihem.belatreche@apave.com
Download the In-person Sessions Schedule
Download the Candidate Guide
Download the Candidate Code of Ethics
Download the Application Form
Download the Order Form
Download the General Certification Conditions
Regulatory context
A CNIL-approved organisation for DPO skills certification
Apave Certification is a certification body approved by the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) based on the ISO 17024 standard.
This approval has been valid since November 21, 2019 (Approval No.: 2019-138) for the certification of DPO skills and is accredited by Cofrac (scope No. 4-0521, available on www.cofrac.fr).
As such, Apave Certification submits to CNIL's quality control and undertakes to comply with the referentials it has defined.
Indeed, the CNIL does not handle the skills certification of DPOs for individuals itself: it mandates certification bodies approved by it, such as Apave Certification, to do so.
Apave Certification issues DPO skills certification, compliant with the CNIL certification referential.
Apave Certification is a certification body approved by the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) based on the ISO 17024 standard.
This approval has been valid since November 21, 2019 (Approval No.: 2019-138) for the certification of DPO skills and is accredited by Cofrac (scope No. 4-0521, available on www.cofrac.fr).
As such, Apave Certification submits to CNIL's quality control and undertakes to comply with the referentials it has defined.
Indeed, the CNIL does not handle the skills certification of DPOs for individuals itself: it mandates certification bodies approved by it, such as Apave Certification, to do so.
Apave Certification issues DPO skills certification, compliant with the CNIL certification referential.
Periodicity
The DPO skills certification is valid for 3 years, after which you will need to renew your DPO certificate.
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