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EU Cloud Code of Conduct (Art. 40 GDPR)

A transnational code of conduct for cloud providers acting as processors, approved by the Belgian DPA in May 2021 after the EDPB’s opinion, with a public register of the services verified against it. Business-to-business only; not (yet) a safeguard for transfers under Article 46.

When to use itYou check whether a cloud provider’s guarantees under Article 28 are backed by an approved code.

Published by
SCOPE Europe (monitoring body) (sector or standards body)
Written for
EU
For
processors, controllers
Cost
free
Languages
English

Description by overview.legal; the tool itself is the publisher’s.

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