{"id":345,"date":"2019-08-19T14:53:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T14:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/?p=345"},"modified":"2020-06-02T15:19:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T15:19:14","slug":"codes-of-conduct-and-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/codes-of-conduct-and-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Codes of conduct and certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/codici-di-condotta-e-certificazione\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-43\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/flag-italia-trasparente.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/flag-italia-trasparente.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/flag-italia-trasparente-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/flag-italia-trasparente-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/codes-of-conduct-and-certification\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-44\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/flag-uk-trasparente.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/flag-uk-trasparente.png 225w, https:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/flag-uk-trasparente-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/flag-uk-trasparente-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Codes of conduct and certification<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Codes of conduct<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>These codes are not the same thing as the codes of conduct and Professional Practices encouraged by the Italian Personal Data Protection Code in force before the GDPR. Those codes were intended for specific categories of activities and for some sectors were not even proposed.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The GDPR introduces these codes of conduct which are innovative legal instruments. The GDPR encourages to draw up codes of conduct intended to contribute to the proper application of the GDPR, taking into account the specific features of the different sectors and the specific needs of micro, small and medium-sized <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/key-definitions\/\">enterprises<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span> The GDPR provides that the codes of conduct proposed by associations and other bodies representing categories of controllers and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/processor\/\">processors<\/a><\/span> shall include at least certain elements. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Before coming into force, the codes shall be approved<\/span>: in the approval process, national supervisory authorities, the European Data Protection Board <\/strong><\/span><strong style=\"color: #000000;\">(\u00abEDPB\u00bb)<\/strong><strong style=\"color: #000000;\"> and the Commission are involved, depending on the cases (if applicable in one single Member State or in more than one). The same process shall be carried out if the codes of conduct are amended or extended. Once approved, they shall be made publicly available and the European Data Protection Board or the national supervisory authority, depending on the cases, shall keep a register.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Adherence to a code of conduct may be produced \u2013 by both controllers and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/processor\/\">processors<\/a><\/span><\/span> \u2013 as an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">element to demonstrate compliance with the GDPR<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Certification<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The GDPR encourages also the proposal of certification mechanisms and of data protection seals and marks to demonstrate compliance with the GDPR, taking into account the specific features of the different sectors and the specific needs of micro, small and medium-sized <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/key-definitions\/\">enterprises<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The certification is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">voluntary and does not reduce the responsibility of the controller and the <span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/processor\/\">processor<\/a><\/span> for compliance with the GDPR<\/span>. The certification shall be approved by certification bodies or by the national supervisory authority (depending on its territorial validity); it is issued to the controller and the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/processor\/\">processor<\/a><\/span><\/span> and expires.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The approved certifications shall be made publicly available and collected in a special register.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Adherence to a certification mechanism may be produced \u2013 by both controllers and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/processor\/\">processors<\/a><\/span> \u2013 as an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">element by which to demonstrate compliance with the GDPR<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>To learn more, click <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/codes-of-conduct-and-certification-full\/\">here<\/a>,<\/span><\/span> read <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/faq-codes-of-conduct-and-certification\/\">FAQs<\/a><\/span><\/span> or <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/contacts\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">contact me<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Codes of conduct and certification Codes of conduct These codes are not the same thing as the codes of conduct and Professional Practices encouraged by the Italian Personal Data Protection Code in force before the GDPR. Those codes were intended for specific categories of activities and for some sectors were not even proposed. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/codes-of-conduct-and-certification\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Codes of conduct and certification&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1243,"href":"https:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions\/1243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dataprotectionconsultant.it\/EN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}