Certification scheme feasibility for data protection and privacy
language of the document:
FR
programme:
Professional thesis for a master in protection and management of personal data and privacy at ISEP
date:
2010
sponsor(s):
ISEP (Superior Institute of Electricity of Paris)
contribution:
Alain Esterle has been supervising the professional thesis of Ms Florence Bonnet in the framework of her specialised master at the Institut supérieur d'électricité de Paris.
abstract:
The European regulation is regarded as the most protective of privacy in the world but in practice its application within the European Union is far from being satisfactory.
Certification seems to be one of the means able to guarantee the good application and the effectiveness of tools, by attesting conformity of the products or procedures to a reference framework.
The analysis is based on the census of the existing schemes, their characteristics and their legal and cultural context of development and also
a ground investigation amongst professionals of certification and companies potentially candidate to a label of data protection.
On the base of this analysis and all the comparative data, some recommedations are presented which could increase the chances of success of a certification scheme. 