Data transfer outside of the European Union

2: Which is an acceptable means for personal data transfer outside of the European Union when the data transfer is between different locations of the same company?

Answers:

1.USA is considered safer to transfer information than China, India, Russia because between UE and USA there is a mechanism to comply with data protection requirements when transferring personal data from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States in support of transatlantic commerce. This mechanism is called Privacy Shield Framework and was designed by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Commission and Swiss Administration. More information you can find here https://www.privacyshield.gov/welcome

2. One of the safeguards for transferring data outside the EU between different companies of the same group is “Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) but you could also use a Intragroup Data Transfer Agreement based on standard contrac tual clauses.

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