Accredited Privacy Evaluation Body
The Independent Centre for Privacy Certification (ULD) accredited 2B Secure the independent Evaluation body of 2B Advice GmbH to carry out the legal checks and to find out whether a product or service meets the requirements to receive the only privacy seal under a state privacy protection act.Getting accredited as an evaluation body for privacy meets our target to provide interested product manufacturers and vendors the expertise to evaluate their products and services.
Manufacturers or vendors commission a specialist or evaluation body, accredited by the ULD. They can carry out legal and technical checks on the product and the results are documented in a report.
A specialist report and the certification application are then submitted to the ULD. If the ULD approves the product as legally and technically correct, the a privacy protection seal is awarded.
The evaluation body shall perform a privacy evaluation of the product or service in accordance with the Independent Centre for Privacy Protection ("ULD") requirements and relevant European Union privacy laws.
The Work willl include evaluation requirements necessary to obtain a privacy seal certifying that an official process has confirmed the compatibility of the Target of Evaluation with the provisions governing data protection.
A seal of privacy certifies that the compatibility of the product with the provisions governing data protection has been confirmed by an official process.
The Independent Centre for Privacy Certification (ULD) therefore recommends by law that these products shall be given priority in authorities and public offices.
Certification WGA 1.7
- Photo:Frank_Ossenbrink; f.l.: Dr. Keller (TÜV IT); Dr. Weichert (ULD); Marcus Belke (2B Secure); Terodde (TÜV IT); Krasemann (ULD); Berg, (Microsoft); Stockem (Microsoft); Dr. Probst (ULD).
Case Study:
2B Secure - the Evaluation Body for Privacy of 2B Advice GmbH evaluated by order of Microsoft Inc., Redmond, Microsoft Update Service 6.0 (MU6.0) and Windows Server Update Service (WSUS 2.0) from April 2005 to November 2006. A legal audit of Microsoft’s statements, policies and specifications was performed to set the requirements for a technical audit which, in turn, determined that the program’s databases, source code and implementation respect privacy concerns. Ministerpresident Carstensens handed out the privacy seal to Peter Cullen, Chief Privacy Strategist of the Microsoft Corporation on February the 16th of 2007.
Source: ULD Schleswig-Holstein
- v.l.: A. Sommer, TÜV IT; Peter Cullen, Microsoft Corp.; Marcus Belke, 2B Advice
- v.l.: Ministerpresident Carstensen; Peter Cullen
- v.l.: Marcus Belke, 2B Advice GmbH; Thilo Weichert, ULD; Peter Harry Carstensen; Peter Cullen, Microsoft Corp.; Antonius Sommer, TÜV IT.