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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.

Privacy

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as adequacy decision. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on adequacy decision

Requirements naming adequacy decision across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

GDPR4 controls

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

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

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

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.
Why is Adequacy Decision important for compliance?
Adequacy Decision is a key concept in Privacy. Understanding adequacy decision helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Adequacy Decision?
Adequacy Decision appears in the requirement text of GDPR, Israel Protection of Privacy Law (5741-1981), Jamaica Data Protection Act 2020, Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules (Global CBPR) Forum, Greece Law 4624/2019 - Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) Implementation Act. Across these standards we have identified 16 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Adequacy Decision?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how adequacy decision applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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