Section 48: Certification
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48. Certification
(1) The Office may, in order to encourage compliance of
processing operations by controllers and processors with this Act, lay
down technical standards for data protection certification mechanisms and
data protection seals and marks.
(2) A certification shall be –
(a) voluntary;
(b) issued to a controller or processor for a maximum
period of 3 years and may be renewed under the same
conditions where the relevant requirements continue to
be met;
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(c) withdrawn where the requirements for the certification
are no longer met.
(3) Where a controller or processor seeks certification under this
section, he or it shall provide to the Office all information and access to his
or its processing activities which are necessary to conduct the certification
procedure.
(4) A certification issued under this section shall not alter the
responsibility of the controller or processor for compliance with this Act.