Standard Contractual Clauses
What is Standard Contractual Clauses?
Pre-approved contractual terms adopted by the European Commission for international transfers of personal data to ensure adequate protection.
Terms that appear alongside standard contractual clauses
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as standard contractual clauses. The number is how many controls name both.
- consent 35 shared controls
- binding corporate rules 35 shared controls
- gdpr 26 shared controls
- certification 18 shared controls
- impact assessment 17 shared controls
- data subject 17 shared controls
- schrems ii 16 shared controls
- data protection 15 shared controls
Frameworks that govern standard contractual clauses
What the standards actually require on standard contractual clauses
Requirements naming standard contractual clauses across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Cross-border transfer of personal data from Italy is governed by GDPR Chapter V + Italian Codice + Italian Garante guidance. (1) GDPR Chapter V Transfer Mechanisms: (a) Adequacy decisions per Commission - Andorra + Argentina + Canada (commercial organisations)...
ItalyCodice-CrossBorder-Transfer-Adequacy-SCCs-BCRs-Retention-ItalianSectorRules-EUDataAct · Italy Codice Cross-Border Transfer + EU Adequacy + Standard Contractual Clauses + Binding Corporate Rules + EU Data Act + Italian Sector Retention Rules + Schrems II + Transfer Impact Assessment →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 →Articles 20-21 of the Jordan PDPL govern cross-border transfers of personal data closely modelled on EU GDPR Chapter V. (1) Article 20 General Prohibition: Cross-border transfer prohibited unless one of these grounds applies (a) Adequacy Determination by Counc...
JO-PDPL-Cross-Border-Transfer-Article20-21-Adequacy-Consent-Public-Interest-Performance-Council-Approval · Jordan PDPL Cross-Border Transfer + Articles 20-21 + Adequacy + Consent + Public Interest + Performance + Council Approval + Standard Contractual Clauses + Binding Corporate Rules + Derogations + GCC Coordination →Training + awareness + coordination operationalise UU PDP within Indonesia and across the regional + global regulatory landscape. Training and Awareness: mandatory cyber + privacy awareness training for all staff + role-specific training for IT + security + ex...
IDPdp-Training-Awareness-Coord-ASEAN-SingaporePDPA-APEC-CBPR-GDPR-Art70to76-MoCom-Transition · Indonesia PDP Training + Awareness + Indonesian Representative + Lembaga PDP Transition + Coordination ASEAN/Singapore PDPA/APEC CBPR/GDPR/India DPDP/Cross-Sectoral OJK/BI/BSSN →Transfers outside Thailand require destination country to have adequate protection, or one of the exceptions, including binding corporate rules or standard contractual clauses approved by PDPC.
Section 28 · Cross-Border Data Transfer →Article 41 requires the Commission to develop, before 12 September 2025, non-binding model contractual terms for data-sharing contracts and standard contractual clauses for cloud computing contracts, to support SMEs in particular.
DA-Art.41_42 · Model contractual terms and the European Data Innovation Board (Articles 41-42) →Questions people ask about standard contractual clauses
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