Goals

The objectives of the prestation Data Protection Officer DPO skills certification :

The certification is aimed at any person whose role is to implement GDPR compliance within the organization (controller or processor) that has designated them for all processing operations implemented.
Also for any person with a minimum of 2 years' experience in projects, activities or tasks related to the DPO's missions (processing, protection, awareness-raising, compliance of personal data).

To be eligible for the exam, the candidate must provide proof of:
Initial application:
professional experience:
of at least 2 years in projects, activities or tasks related to the DPO's missions regarding the protection of personal data
or
of at least 2 years, as well as training of at least 35 hours in the field of personal data protection received from a training organization

Renewal:
Has at least one year of professional experience, acquired within the last three years, in projects, activities or tasks related to the DPO's missions regarding data protection or information security, certified by a third party (employer or client).

Terms and Conditions

The candidate must obtain:
- 75% of correct answers (minimum 15/20)
- 50% of correct answers for each of the 3 areas: regulations, responsibility, security

Renewal: Possible before the expiry date of the certificate provided that the certified person:

  • Passes a new written test with the same conditions as described above
  • Demonstrates that they have at least one year of professional experience, acquired within the last three years, in projects, activities or tasks related to the DPO's missions regarding data protection or information security, certified by a third party (employer or client).

  • Prices:
    Initial certification: €600 excluding VAT in person or remotely (€300 excluding VAT for the retake if you fail the first session).
    Renewal: €410 excluding VAT* and €300 for the retake exam.
    *Preferential rate for candidates already certified by Apave Certification

    Registration form to be returned to sihem.belatreche@apave.com

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    Description
    What is the legal framework?
    The application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) since May 25, 2018, implies for certain organizations the obligation to appoint a data protection officer (DPO).
    There are cases of mandatory designation stated in Article 37 of the regulation on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (in the case of large-scale processing of sensitive data in particular).
    Outside the mandatory legal framework, the designation of a DPO is encouraged by the competent authorities, such as the CNIL in France.

    Areas of assessment
    The assessment program for the certification also follows the one listed in deliberation n°2018-317 of September 20, 2018, and covers the following 3 main areas of expertise:
    1- General regulations on data protection and measures taken for compliance (50% of the questions)
    2- : Responsibility in relation to data protection (30% of the questions)
    3- : Technical and organizational measures for data security with regard to risks (20% of the questions).

    Steps and process
    The certification exam consists of a multiple-choice questionnaire (MCQ) of 120 questions lasting 3 hours.
    30% of these questions are written in the form of practical cases related to data protection; for each question, 4 answers will be proposed, of which at least 1 is correct.

    Training organizations partners of Apave Certification preparing for the exam

    Apave
    Actecil Academy
    Athena Formation
    Impact RGPD
    Lamy Liaisons
    Legischool
    The Neoshields
    Ageris
    Agence RGPD
    Assas Université
    Optimex Data
    La Robe Numérique
    Haas Avocats
    Université de Bourgogne
    Université Caen Normandie
    Vaelia
    RGPD Experts

    In case of contact with one of these training organizations, please specify that your request originates from Apave Certification.
    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.
    Periodicity
    The DPO skills certification is valid for 3 years, after which you will need to renew your DPO certificate.
    Prestation
    Data Protection Officer DPO skills certification
    Ref : TCOM0060

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