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EN 1176 and EN 1177: what Lekko builds on
What the tool claims and does not claim about the standards, and what data it stores, where and under which safeguards.
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Short answer
Lekko builds on EN 1176 for playground equipment and EN 1177 for impact attenuating surfacing, and every checklist item names the part of the standard it comes from. The tool says the equipment has been checked against the standards — it takes no position on which national law makes them binding. No personal data about children is stored, and the data is stored in the EU/EEA.
How to do it in Lekko
The inspections in Lekko are built on EN 1176 for playground equipment and EN 1177 for impact attenuating surfacing. Each checklist item carries a reference to the part of the standard it comes from, so a report can be cross-checked against an inspection instead of having to be taken on trust.
Lekko says that the equipment has been checked against EN 1176 and EN 1177 — no more and no less. It takes no position on which national law makes the standard binding for your organisation, and a report from here should not be read as a statement about that.
The reason is deliberate rather than evasive. The countries this market covers do not have the same rules about playgrounds: in some the duty is explicit in national law, in others the national authority describes the standard as voluntary. A tool that claimed to settle that for you would be claiming something it has not looked into.
Lekko stores no personal data about children. Your e-mail address is used for signing in and for notifications, and the field for who carried out an inspection is optional free text — you decide what, if anything, goes in it.
Where the data is stored
Your data is stored in the EU/EEA. To run the service we use a small number of sub-processors — for the database, image storage and e-mail — and where one of them may process data outside the EEA, the transfer is covered by the European Commission's standard contractual clauses. The current list of who they are and what they are used for is in the sub-processor list and in the data processing agreement.
Background
What the two standards cover
EN 1176 is about the equipment and the playground: dimensions, entrapment, free height of fall, the extent of the impact area, and how it is all installed, inspected and maintained. Part 7 is the one this tool leans on hardest, because it is where the three levels of inspection come from.
EN 1177 is narrower and is a test method: how the impact attenuation of a surface is measured, which is what gives a surface its critical fall height. It is the standard behind the number on a rubber tile's data sheet.
What we claim, and what we do not
The technical basis is EN 1176 and EN 1177, and that basis is the same across Europe: a European Standard is adopted as a national standard by CEN's members, so the same document is behind NEN-EN 1176, PN-EN 1176, NF EN 1176 and the rest.
We do not take a position on which national law makes the standard binding for your organisation. That is a deliberate choice rather than an omission. This market covers countries whose national rules genuinely differ — in some there is an explicit duty on whoever runs a public play area, in others the national authority describes the standard as voluntary. A report that says “checked against EN 1176 and EN 1177” is something we can stand behind everywhere. A report that said more would be saying more than we have looked into.
What data is stored
- No personal data about children. The tool is about physical equipment and routines.
- Your e-mail address is used for signing in and for notifications.
- Who carried out an inspection is optional free text — you decide what goes there.
- Photographs are stored against the equipment and the defects they belong to.
Your data is stored in the EU/EEA. To run the service we use a small number of sub-processors — for the database, image storage and e-mail — and where one may process data outside the EEA, the transfer is covered by the European Commission's standard contractual clauses. The current list is in the sub-processor list and in the data processing agreement.
Sources
- EN 1176 and EN 1177 – CEN/TC 136 Sports, playground and other recreational facilities and equipment (CEN-CENELEC)
- CEN-CENELEC: European Standards, and how members adopt them nationally
This article gives a practical account of the requirements. It does not reproduce the standards EN 1176 and EN 1177, and it does not replace the annual main inspection by a competent person. If you are unsure what applies to your playground, ask a competent person or the relevant authority in your own country.
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