Our team of 150+ privacy professionals is dedicated to solving emerging global privacy challenges through a wide range of Privacy Assessments and Privacy Certifications designed to meet your company’s privacy needs. When demonstrating that privacy compliance is mission-critical to your business, you need a recognized independent team of privacy experts to certify your organization against applicable privacy frameworks.
Backed by extensive experience working with thousands of clients around the world for almost two decades, our privacy professionals deliver Privacy Assessments and Certifications to address global privacy compliance across your organization and all of your platforms (web, apps, cloud), channels (online, offline), and data sources (customer, employee, partners).
PRIVACY ASSESSMENTS
An Assessment is a customizable engagement that entails a comprehensive review of your customer / employee data collection and usage practices powered by our privacy professionals and state-of-the-art Data Privacy Management (DPM) Platform. Privacy practices are reviewed against any applicable regulatory requirements, industry programs, and recognized best practices. Results are outlined in a Privacy Findings Report along with a roadmap of recommended privacy program changes.Based on our extensive experience helping companies manage data privacy, we provide a number of assessment options specifically designed to tackle the most important privacy challenges faced by our clients at every stage of privacy maturity
See our full list of Assessments below.
PRIVACY CERTIFICATIONS
A Certification is an annual subscription to an integrated set of services including an Assessment based on one or more TRUSTe Certification Standards, Privacy Findings Report with Gap Analysis, TRUSTe Seal, Dispute Resolution Service, and ongoing monitoring and guidance delivered by our privacy professionals. The TRUSTe Certification Standards are based on a compilation of requirements and best practices defined by key regulatory bodies, industry groups and recognized frameworks such as FIPs, OECD, GAPP, US-EU / US-Swiss Safe Harbor, APEC, and COPPA/Kids Privacy.
Solutions to address a wide range of business needs:
Privacy Roadmap Development Assessment
Develop a roadmap for immediate steps and long-range privacy planning
Data Discovery & Classification Assessment
Gain a clear picture of privacy risk exposure in the organization
HR / Employee Data Assessment
Enable safe global business expansion through privacy-compliant HR data transfers and prepare for US-EU HR Data Safe Harbor certification.
Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for Launch, Expansion or Acquisition
Maximize the benefits of innovation, while mitigating data privacy risks in conjunction with new product / system launches, geographic expansions, and mergers & acquisitions
Enterprise Privacy Certification (EU Safe Harbor, APEC, FIPs, OECD, GAPP)
Through assessment and certification, ensure your online (websites, apps and cloud platforms), offline, and employee data privacy management practices across the enterprise meet TRUSTe and key regulatory requirements
Kid’s Privacy Assessment & Certification
Ensure your privacy practices adhere to the latest COPPA standards
European Advertising Certification
Ensure your privacy practices adhere to the latest EDAA Standards
TRUSTed Data Certification
Ensure your data collection platform privacy practices meet TRUSTe’s certification standards
TRUSTed Downloads Certification
Ensure your download privacy practices meet TRUSTe’s certification standards
TRUSTed Smart Grid Certification
Ensure your Smart Grid solution privacy practices meet TRUSTe’s certification standards
TRUSTe Privacy Professionals
Our Privacy Consultants and Privacy Services Managers are recognized data privacy experts with significant experience leading global privacy assessments for large enterprises. Our team has a unique hybrid background of legal, technology, business process, and project management experience. All are CIPP trained and many have law degrees, practiced in privacy and information law, are CIPP-certified, and have experience as privacy leaders for top companies like Yahoo!, American Express, IBM, Pfizer, Aventis, Kimberly-Clark, HSBC Bank, Hertz, Comcast, Citrix, Adobe Systems, Intel, Intuit, and Microsoft.
Together, our people deliver the most comprehensive suite of Privacy Services available, leveraging the power of TRUSTe’s state-of-the-art technology Platform. TRUSTe has specialized in Data Privacy Management for almost two decades. As the leading privacy brand, we’ve become one of the most experienced and innovative Data Privacy Management companies in the world, with offices in the US, EU, and Asia. We have key regulatory relationships and are a leading provider of privacy services supporting regulatory and self-regulatory compliance programs for a wide range of agencies including APEC, DOC, DAA, EDAA, and FTC. Our privacy experts assist clients with all of their privacy compliance needs.
OUR TECHNOLOGY
Our Data Privacy Management Services leverage the TRUSTe Platform, a comprehensive, SaaS-based technology solution that provides state of the art assessment management, compliance control, and website scanning / monitoring capabilities.
