Adequacy Decision
What is Adequacy Decision?
A determination by the European Commission that a non-EU country provides an adequate level of data protection. Adequacy decisions enable the free flow of personal data to the third country without additional safeguards.
Terms that appear alongside adequacy decision
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as adequacy decision. The number is how many controls name both.
- gdpr 18 shared controls
- consent 15 shared controls
- data protection 12 shared controls
- data subject 12 shared controls
- binding corporate rules 11 shared controls
- standard contractual clauses 10 shared controls
- privacy framework 8 shared controls
- certification 7 shared controls
Frameworks that govern adequacy decision
What the standards actually require on adequacy decision
Requirements naming adequacy decision across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Personal data may be transferred to a third country, a territory, one or more specified sectors within a third country, or an international organisation where the Commission has decided that it ensures an adequate level of protection, and such a transfer requi...
GDPR-Art.45 · Transfers on the basis of an adequacy decision →Section 36 of POPL 5741-1981 plus the Privacy Protection (Transfer of Data to Databases Abroad) Regulations 5761-2001 govern cross-border transfers of personal data.
IsraelPPL-CrossBorder-Transfer-Sec36-EU-Adequacy-Israel-Adequacy-SCCs-Reciprocity-Foreign-Recipient · Israel POPL Cross-Border Transfer + Section 36 + Privacy Protection (Transfer of Data to Databases Abroad) Regulations 5761-2001 + EU Adequacy Decision (2011) + SCCs + Foreign Recipient Obligations + Reciprocity →Standard 8 per Section 27 + the Schedule of the Jamaica Data Protection Act 2020: Personal data shall not be transferred outside Jamaica unless adequate protection is provided.
JM-DPA2020-Standard8-Transfers-Outside-Jamaica-Sec27-Adequacy-Decisions-Standard-Contractual-Clauses-BCR-Derogations · Jamaica DPA 2020 Standard 8 - Transfers Outside Jamaica + Section 27 + Adequacy Decisions + Standard Contractual Clauses + Binding Corporate Rules + Derogations + Cross-Border Data Flows + Caribbean Community + International Data Privacy →Global CBPR Forum dispute resolution + enforcement + cross-border recognition. DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISM (DRM): when a data subject complaint cannot be resolved by the certified organization or its Accountability Agent + the data subject can escalate;
CBPR-DisputeResolution-Enforcement-CrossBorderRecognition · Global CBPR Forum: Dispute Resolution, Enforcement and Cross-Border Recognition →Greece Law 4624/2019 operational provisions covering Data Subject Rights + Breach + DPIA + Transfers + Children. DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS (per GDPR Art.
GR-DPA-DataSubjectRights-Breach-DPIA-Transfers-Children · Greece Law 4624/2019 Data Subject Rights, Breach Notification, DPIA, International Transfers and Children's Data →Georgia DPL crosswalk to major DP regimes. EU GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679): post-2023 amendments substantially aligned + most GDPR concepts (extraterritorial scope + 7 lawful bases + 8 special-category bases + 7 data subject rights + DPO + DPIA + 72-hour br...
GeDPL-Crosswalk-GDPR-CoE108-NIS2 · Crosswalk to GDPR, Council of Europe Convention 108+, EU AI Act and NIS2 →Questions people ask about adequacy decision
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