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- ↑ Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance), 2016-04-27, retrieved 2024-11-03
- ↑ "Horizon 2020 - European Commission". research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ↑ "Opinion 28/2022 on the Europrivacy criteria of certification regarding their approval by the Board as European Data Protection Seal pursuant to Article 42.5 (GDPR) | European Data Protection Board". www.edpb.europa.eu. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ↑ "Europrivacy: the first certification mechanism to ensure compliance with GDPR | Shaping Europe's digital future". digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu. 2022-10-17. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ↑ "Europrivacy | European Data Protection Board". www.edpb.europa.eu. Retrieved 2024-11-03.