New standard contractual clauses for transfers of personal data to third countries adopted by the European Commission

This article discusses the adoption of new standard contractual clauses under Article 46 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) for the legitimisation of transfers to third countries which do not benefit from an adequacy decision – ie “international transfers”.

For the avoidance of any confusion, it does not discuss the recent adoption of intra-EEA controller to processor standard contractual clauses under Article 28(7) of the GDPR.

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