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 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Transfers to countries with an adequate level of protection are permitted; others require IDP authorisation, contractual safeguards or consent.
AL-DPA-12 · International Data Transfers →Define safeguards for transferring research data outside the EEA (adequacy, SCCs, or the code itself as a transfer tool under Art.40(3)).
RDCOC-TRA-01 · International Data Transfers →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 →Per Paraguay Law 6534/2020: international data transfer. Requirements include (a) restrict transfer of patrimonial credit data internationally except where conditions are met including adequacy + appropriate safeguards + explicit consent + necessity for contra...
PARAGUAY-6 · International Data Transfer →Transfers of personal data outside the European Economic Area are subject to the conditions set by Chapter V of the GDPR. Controllers must implement appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses and conduct transfer impact assessments where requi...
RO-LAW190-012 · International Data Transfers →Questions people ask about international data transfer
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