TRANSFERRING DATA OVERSEAS

Principle 8 is another important provision. It limits the transfer of personal data to countries outside the EEA unless the data controller can bring themself within one of the exceptions to this prohibition, or they can be sure that equivalent protection is provided for the personal data in the cou...

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Published inData Protection Compliance in the UK pp. 34 - 5
Main Authors Jay, Rosemary, Clarke, Jenna
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom IT Governance Publishing 2010
IT Governance Ltd
Edition2
Subjects
Business
Business structures
Civil law
Contract law
Contracts
Data protection law
European Commission
European Union
Information science
International governmental organizations
International political organizations
Judicial powers
Judicial system
Jurisdiction
Law
Legal aspects of computing
Mobile & Web Applications
Personal information
Political organizations
Political science
Privacy & data protection
Software Engineering
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Summary:Principle 8 is another important provision. It limits the transfer of personal data to countries outside the EEA unless the data controller can bring themself within one of the exceptions to this prohibition, or they can be sure that equivalent protection is provided for the personal data in the country to which it is being sent. Simply putting information on a website hosted within the EEA does not amount to a transfer of personal data, but if information is deliberately pushed onto a website outside the EEA or is transferred, whether electronically or by disc or other mechanism outside the
ISBN:9781849280471
1849280479
1849280487
9781849280488