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Transfer Impact Assessment

What is Transfer Impact Assessment?

An evaluation of the risks to personal data when transferred to a third country, considering the legal framework and supplementary measures required.

Privacy and Data Protection

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

What the standards actually require on transfer impact assessment

Requirements naming transfer impact assessment 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
Vietnam PDPD1 control

Per Vietnam PDPD Article 25: cross-border transfer impact assessment + filing with A05.

VIETNAMPDP-5 · Cross-Border Transfer Impact Assessment

Infotv operates in parallel with EU GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) since May 2018 with Hungarian specifics: criminal data treatment + 25-day SLA + 16-year age + works council + Hungarian-language privacy notices + NAIH-Hungarian-specific DPIA triggers.

HU-INFOTV-Coord-GDPR-International-Transfers-NIS2-Hungary · HU Infotv Coordination with GDPR + International Transfers + Hungarian Cybersecurity Act XXIII of 2023 (NIS2) + 2024-2025 Pipeline

Apply appropriate controls and legal mechanisms for cross border PII transfers including transfer impact assessments.

ISO29100-6.5 · Cross Border PII Transfer Controls

Questions people ask about transfer impact assessment

What is Transfer Impact Assessment?
An evaluation of the risks to personal data when transferred to a third country, considering the legal framework and supplementary measures required.
Why is Transfer Impact Assessment important for compliance?
Transfer Impact Assessment is a key concept in Privacy and Data Protection. Understanding transfer impact assessment 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 Transfer Impact Assessment?
Transfer Impact Assessment appears in the requirement text of Italy Personal Data Protection Code (Legislative Decree No. 196/2003, amended 2018), Vietnam PDPD, Greece Law 4624/2019 - Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) Implementation Act, Hungary Act CXII of 2011 on Informational Self-Determination and Freedom of Information (Info Act), ISO/IEC 29100:2024. Across these standards we have identified 7 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Transfer Impact Assessment?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how transfer impact assessment 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.

See how Transfer Impact Assessment applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.