TrustMark™ DPA: Independent Certification for Trusted Data Processing Agreements

TrustMark™ DPA certification verifies that your Data Processing Agreement meets high standards for transparency, fairness, and global privacy compliance

Build trust faster, simplify privacy reviews, and prove your data practices stand up to independent scrutiny.

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Developed in collaboration with industry leaders

What Is TrustMark™ DPA?

TrustMark™ DPA verifies that your Data Processing Agreement meets today’s toughest standards for privacy compliance, fairness, and clarity.

TrustMark™ evaluates your DPA against thousands of real-world agreements using data analysis and expert legal review.

 

Why TrustMark™ Certification Matters for Your DPA

Data trust isn’t optional; it’s essential.
Every agreement that touches personal or customer data reflects your company’s commitment to privacy, accountability, and fairness. TrustMark™ DPA helps you prove that commitment, turning your data processing terms into a trusted standard that accelerates business and strengthens relationships.

Build trust at the start of every privacy review

Give customers and partners assurance that your DPA has been independently verified for clarity, compliance, and fairness, so every collaboration begins on a foundation of trust.

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Accelerate DPA reviews and deal approval

With certification, your DPA reflects greater clarity, balance, and alignment with privacy standards, which can make reviews and approvals more efficient.


Stand Out as a Trusted, Transparent Partner

In a market where every company claims to be compliant, a certified DPA helps you stand apart, proving your commitment to fairness and ethical data handling.

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How TrustMark™ DPA Certification Helps

  • Demonstrates that your DPA meets recognized standards for fairness and transparency.

  • Helps partners and customers evaluate agreements faster.

  • Reduces friction during privacy and procurement review.

How TrustMark™ DPA Certification Works


Step 1

Submit Your DPA for Review

Upload your DPA for independent review.

Our process evaluates each section for clarity, fairness, and compliance with key privacy frameworks.

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Data Analysis and Legal Expert Review 

Our AI benchmarks your DPA against thousands of live-market agreements and global data protection standards.

Then, our legal experts analyze the results to confirm accuracy, completeness, and clarity before certification.

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Receive Your Certification

 You’ll receive a certification report confirming your DPA meets TrustMark standards. 

 

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A great way to reduce negotiation time in B2B contracting. Great team, helpful support. TermScout is really leading the way to make contracting easier for B2B organizations like mine.
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Founder & CEO

TermScout Gives Contract Negotiators a Significant Edge and Approvers Excellent Risk Transparency. I really enjoy working with the TS team and honing the software to be a key piece of the workflow for many clients who have high-volume contracts and limited people resources to review each one.
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VP, Corporate Solutions

When we look at vendor contracts, we leverage TermScout reviews and rating data to help us quickly understand which vendors are going to be easy to work with and which ones are going to require extensive negotiations.
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Trusted by Legal, Procurement, and Privacy Teams

"TrustMark™ DPA gives our teams and customers shared confidence that data is protected and compliance is built in from the start. It helps us move faster without compromising integrity."
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Kimberly Samalis

Lead Commercial Contracts Manager

"In the age of digital agreements and AI, protecting data is a crucial part of protecting trust. Our participation in TrustMark™ DPA is yet another way Docusign is helping our 1.7 million global customers create, commit to, and manage their agreements with confidence."
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Jessica Nguyen

Deputy General Counsel, AI Innovation at Docusign

"This certification provides assurance to our customers that the agreement is mutually protective and allows our sales team to expedite the sales process
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Director, Head of Commercial Legal at Webflow

Benchmark your NDA against thousands of real-world agreements

Discover how your terms rank for fairness, clarity, and balance, and identify simple ways to improve.

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What is Certify™ NDA?

Certify™ NDA is the industry’s first independent certification for Non-Disclosure Agreements. 

Powered by TermScout’s AI-driven contract intelligence and validated by legal experts, it analyzes each NDA against thousands of real-world deals to confirm it meets accepted market standards for fairness, clarity, and balance.

Instead of waiting days for manual legal review, counterparties receive a data-backed Certified NDA, turning a potential bottleneck into a trust accelerator.

Why does Certify™ NDA matter for my business?

NDAs are often the first contract in a business relationship; and frequently one of the biggest delays. Instead of waiting days for legal review, Certify™ NDA provides an independently certified agreement that’s been analyzed for fairness, clarity, and alignment with market standards. 

This certification helps counterparties feel confident signing immediately, reducing negotiation cycles and eliminating the usual legal bottlenecks. 

By removing friction at the start of the deal, businesses can close faster, increase win rates, and build trust from the very first document.

How Does Certify™ NDA Work?

Speed up your deal cycles with Certify™ NDA. This AI-powered certification ensures your NDA is pre-approved and ready to sign, reducing delays and increasing close rates.

To certify your NDA, start by giving it to the TermScout team. 

The Certify™ NDA engine runs an AI-powered analysis comparing your agreement against thousands of real-world NDAs. 

Next, TermScout’s legal experts validate the agreement for fairness, clarity, and overall market readiness. 

If it passes all benchmarks, your NDA is awarded certification, including a public Certify™ NDA badge and a downloadable report you can share with counterparties to speed up reviews.

How does TermScout determine if an NDA meets certification standards?

To qualify for Certify™ NDA, an NDA must meet strict criteria designed to ensure fairness, clarity, and mutual protection. TermScout evaluates the NDA against thousands of market-standard agreements using AI analysis and legal review. Key elements that typically qualify an NDA include:

  • No residuals clauses allowing retained use of confidential info
  • Fully mutual material provisions (e.g., scope, exclusions, term)
  • No marking requirements for protecting confidential information
  • No non-solicitation provisions that restrict future business activity
  • No indemnification obligations that shift legal liability

These standards reflect what most counterparties are willing to sign without edits. NDAs that meet them are certified as deal-ready and awarded the Certify™ NDA badge and report.