Set by the law · GDPR Art. 46(2)(c)
Standard data protection clauses
In plain English
Model contract clauses adopted by the European Commission. When the sender and the receiver of data sign them, they count as appropriate safeguards for transfers outside the GDPR's reach.
The official text
standard data protection clauses adopted by the Commission in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 93(2)
The standard contractual clauses set out in the Annex are considered to provide appropriate safeguards within the meaning of Article 46(1) and (2)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 for the transfer by a controller or processor of personal data processed subject to that Regulation (data exporter) to a controller or (sub-)processor whose processing of the data is not subject to that Regulation (data importer).
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