You Have Been Weighed in the Balance and Found Wanting (Or at Least, Inadequate)

Article 45 of the GDPR allows the transfer of personal data from the EU to a third country when the third country ensures an “adequate level of protection” (adequacy decision). In determining “adequacy,” the GDPR provides specific factors to consider including the country’s respect for human rights, the effectiveness of its data protection authority, and its pre-existing obligations to other countries. Adequacy decisions are subject to periodic review (minimally, every four years) and require...
By: Womble Bond Dickinson

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