International Data Transfer
What is International Data Transfer?
The transmission of personal data from one jurisdiction to another, requiring appropriate safeguards and legal bases under data protection regulations.
Terms that appear alongside international data transfer
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as international data transfer. The number is how many controls name both.
- consent 4 shared controls
- data protection 3 shared controls
- binding corporate rules 2 shared controls
- standard contractual clauses 2 shared controls
- certification 2 shared controls
- data subject 2 shared controls
- adequacy decision 2 shared controls
- lgpd 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern international data transfer
What the standards actually require on international data transfer
Requirements naming international data transfer across 5 standards, quoted from the control text.
Operate international data transfers per Oman PDPL Article 24. Cross-border transfer of personal data outside Oman requires (a) prior approval from the supervisory authority (MTCIT) for transfers outside Oman per Article 24, (b) maintenance of safeguards inclu...
OMANPDPL-6 · International Data Transfers and Cross-Border Controls →Per Panama Law 81: restrict international data transfer. Requirements include (a) restrict transfer of personal data to countries that do not provide adequate level of protection except where conditions are met including data subject consent + necessity for co...
PANAMA-6 · International Data Transfer →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 →Liechtenstein DSG Articles 40-49 International Data Transfer (transposing GDPR Chapter V Articles 44-50). Transfer of personal data outside EEA permitted only where: (a) destination jurisdiction provides adequate level of protection (DSS follows EU Commission...
LIDPA-Cross-Border-International-Transfer-Articles-40-49-GDPR-Chapter-V-EEA-Adequacy-SCC-BCR-Switzerland · Liechtenstein DPA Cross-Border + Articles 40-49 + EEA + Switzerland + SCC →A transfer is subject to appropriate safeguards only where safeguards are provided and the controller or processor, acting reasonably and proportionately, considers the data protection test met: after transfer the protection for the data subject, taken as a wh...
uk-gdpr-uk-general-data-protection-regulation::Art.46 · Article 46 Transfers subject to appropriate safeguards →Questions people ask about international data transfer
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