{
  "name": "BroadNet compliance and data protection",
  "description": "Certifications and attestations, memberships, data residency by market and data-handling controls, as published on the BroadNet Trust Center.",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "BroadNet Technologies Sarl",
    "url": "https://www.broadnet.me"
  },
  "source": "https://www.broadnet.me/trust",
  "reviewed": "2026-10-02",
  "certifications": [
    {
      "name": "ISO/IEC 27001:2022",
      "category": "certification",
      "recognizedBy": "International Organization for Standardization",
      "scope": "ISMS covering the messaging platform, operator products, customer-data handling and supplier relationships.",
      "auditCycle": "Annual surveillance · 3-year re-certification",
      "availability": "Certificate and Statement of Applicability under NDA.",
      "verify": "https://www.iafcertsearch.org/",
      "confirmed": "2026-07-25"
    },
    {
      "name": "ISO/IEC 27018",
      "category": "certification",
      "recognizedBy": "International Organization for Standardization",
      "scope": "Protection of personal data (PII) in BroadNet's cloud messaging services. ISO/IEC 27018 is the cloud-privacy code of practice that extends the ISO 27001 ISMS.",
      "auditCycle": "Assessed with the ISO 27001 ISMS",
      "availability": "Certificate copy shared under NDA.",
      "verify": "https://www.iafcertsearch.org/",
      "confirmed": "2026-07-25"
    },
    {
      "name": "ISO 9001:2015",
      "category": "certification",
      "recognizedBy": "International Organization for Standardization",
      "scope": "Quality Management System for the design, delivery and support of telecom messaging products.",
      "auditCycle": "Annual surveillance audit",
      "availability": "Certificate copy shared under NDA.",
      "verify": "https://www.iafcertsearch.org/",
      "confirmed": "2026-07-25"
    },
    {
      "name": "ISO 22301",
      "category": "certification",
      "recognizedBy": "International Organization for Standardization",
      "scope": "Business Continuity Management — incident response, recovery objectives and supplier-failure scenarios.",
      "auditCycle": "Annual audit · continuity plan tested every year",
      "availability": "Certificate and continuity plan summary under NDA.",
      "verify": "https://www.iafcertsearch.org/",
      "confirmed": "2026-07-25"
    },
    {
      "name": "SOC 2 Type II",
      "category": "attestation",
      "recognizedBy": "American Institute of Certified Public Accountants",
      "scope": "Trust Services Criteria: Security, Availability and Confidentiality, over a defined reporting period.",
      "auditCycle": "Annual reporting period",
      "availability": "Full report under NDA. SOC 2 reports are not published in a public register.",
      "verify": "https://www.broadnet.me/trust/audit-reports",
      "confirmed": "2026-07-25"
    },
    {
      "name": "GDPR (EU General Data Protection Regulation)",
      "category": "compliance",
      "recognizedBy": "EU GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679)",
      "scope": "EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679): BroadNet processes customer personal data as a processor under the Data Processing Agreement.",
      "auditCycle": "Ongoing obligation",
      "availability": "Data Processing Agreement with the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.",
      "verify": "https://www.broadnet.me/legal/dpa",
      "confirmed": "2026-09-29"
    }
  ],
  "accreditationsInProgress": [
    {
      "name": "GSMA SAS-SM (Subscription Manager) accreditation",
      "status": "in-progress",
      "held": false,
      "recognizedBy": "GSMA",
      "note": "In progress: GSMA SAS-SM (Subscription Manager) accreditation for eSIM operation. It has not been awarded yet, so it is not listed as a held certification.",
      "asOf": "2026-09-29"
    }
  ],
  "certificateCopies": "Certificate copies and audit reports are shared under NDA on request.",
  "requestSecurityPackage": "https://www.broadnet.me/contact?topic=security-package",
  "memberships": [
    {
      "name": "GSMA",
      "level": "Associate Member since 2015",
      "url": "https://www.gsma.com"
    },
    {
      "name": "MEF",
      "url": "https://mobileecosystemforum.com"
    },
    {
      "name": "Carrier Community",
      "level": "Platinum Member",
      "url": "https://carriercommunity.com"
    },
    {
      "name": "ITW Global Leaders' Forum (GLF)",
      "url": "https://glfcommunity.com"
    }
  ],
  "dataResidency": [
    {
      "market": "UAE and the wider GCC",
      "whereDataIsHosted": "Hosted in the MENA region by default: most production messaging runs on BroadNet-operated Tier-3 facilities in the region, including the Dubai data centre.",
      "howYouGetIt": "Standard. GCC data residency is written into enterprise agreements."
    },
    {
      "market": "Saudi Arabia",
      "whereDataIsHosted": "In-Kingdom: BroadNet operates a Riyadh data centre to keep customer data for KSA accounts resident, aligned with the Saudi PDPL.",
      "howYouGetIt": "On request."
    },
    {
      "market": "European Union",
      "whereDataIsHosted": "Hosting in the European Union; EU traffic can be isolated to EU-only routes and storage.",
      "howYouGetIt": "On request. Cross-border data transfers are governed by the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (2021)."
    },
    {
      "market": "United States",
      "whereDataIsHosted": "Hosting in the United States.",
      "howYouGetIt": "Depending on the contract."
    },
    {
      "market": "Singapore",
      "whereDataIsHosted": "Hosting in Singapore.",
      "howYouGetIt": "Depending on the contract."
    }
  ],
  "dataResidencyPolicy": "https://www.broadnet.me/security/data-residency",
  "dataHandling": [
    {
      "control": "Data residency",
      "implementation": "Hosted in the MENA region by default; hosting in the EU, the US and Singapore is available. EU-only routing on request; GCC residency on enterprise contracts."
    },
    {
      "control": "Data retention",
      "implementation": "Message bodies 90 days standard, up to 7 years on enterprise tiers (configurable). PII/PHI scrubbed from webhook logs by default for healthcare."
    },
    {
      "control": "Encryption in transit",
      "implementation": "TLS 1.3 on all API and webhook traffic."
    },
    {
      "control": "Encryption of stored data",
      "implementation": "AES-256 with per-tenant key derivation for at-rest customer data."
    },
    {
      "control": "Cryptographic key management",
      "implementation": "HSM-backed custody (FIPS 140-2 Level 3 minimum for eSIM signing keys) under documented key-ceremony procedures."
    },
    {
      "control": "Access control",
      "implementation": "Role-based access control (RBAC), mandatory 2FA for admins, and immutable audit logging of every state-changing action."
    },
    {
      "control": "Right to erasure",
      "implementation": "GDPR Article-17 tooling exposed via API — customer-initiated bulk delete by phone-number hash, message-ID range or tenant."
    },
    {
      "control": "Cross-border transfers",
      "implementation": "EU Standard Contractual Clauses (2021) plus the UK International Data Transfer Agreement (IDTA) where applicable; adequacy decisions tracked."
    }
  ],
  "documents": [
    {
      "name": "Data Processing Agreement",
      "url": "https://www.broadnet.me/legal/dpa"
    },
    {
      "name": "Subprocessor list",
      "url": "https://www.broadnet.me/legal/sub-processors"
    },
    {
      "name": "Breach notification policy",
      "url": "https://www.broadnet.me/security/breach-notification"
    },
    {
      "name": "Audit reports (under NDA)",
      "url": "https://www.broadnet.me/trust/audit-reports"
    },
    {
      "name": "Security overview",
      "url": "https://www.broadnet.me/security"
    },
    {
      "name": "Privacy policy",
      "url": "https://www.broadnet.me/legal/privacy-policy"
    }
  ],
  "related": {
    "sla": "https://www.broadnet.me/ai/sla.json",
    "facts": "https://www.broadnet.me/about/facts.json"
  }
}
