Adequacy Decision definition

Adequacy Decision means a decision issued by the European Commission that a country or region or a category of recipients in such country or region is deemed to provide an “adequate” level of data protection.

Adequacy Decision refers to a legally-binding decision issued by the European Commission allowing the transfer of Personal Data from the European Economic Area to a third country which has been considered adequate in terms of data protection safeguards.

Adequacy Decision means a European Commission Decision and/or a decision of the Secretary of State of the UK that a third country or an international organization ensures an adequate level of data protection as defined in the GDPR and the UK GDPR.

Examples of Adequacy Decision in a sentence

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• EEA countries shall be deemed to be subject to an Adequacy Decision for the purpose of transfers of Personal Data from the UK to the EEA.

• Without prejudice to any applicable Data Protection laws, no Transfer of Personal Data may take place to countries that have not received an Adequacy Decision or without having in place an adequate Transfer Mechanism.

• If the Processing of Personal Data includes transfers from the UK to countries which do not offer adequate level of data protection or which have not been subject to an Adequacy Decision, the Parties shall comply with Article 45(1) of the UK GDPR and Section 17A of the Data Protection Act 2018.

• For the UK, Adequacy Decision refers to a decision made by the UK Information Commissioner's Office (“ICO”) recognising a (territory or sector within a) country outside of the UK or an international organisation as providing an adequate level of data protection for the purposes of the UK GDPR or any other relevant Technology and Data Laws.

More Definitions of Adequacy Decision

Adequacy Decision means a country (or territory or specified sector within it) or an international organisation which the European Commission has decided, under Article 45(3) of the GDPR, ensures an adequate level of data protection;

Adequacy Decision means, for a jurisdiction with Privacy Laws that have data transfer restrictions, a country that the Supervisory Authority or other body in such jurisdiction recognises as providing an adequate level of data protection as required by such jurisdiction’s Privacy Laws such that transfer to that country shall be permitted without additional requirements;

Adequacy Decision means a decision issued under Article 45 of the GDPR.

Adequacy Decision means a European Commission Decision that a third country or an international organization ensures an adequate level of data protection within the meaning of Article 45 (9) GDPR in conjunction with Article 25 (6) of Directive 95/46/EC, or within the meaning of Article 45 (3) GDPR, as applicable;

Adequacy Decision means a finding under Article 25(2) of the Data Protection Directive that a country or territory ensures an adequate level of protection within the meaning of Article 25 of the Data Protection Directive or (as applicable) a finding under Article 45(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation that a country, a territory or one or more specified sectors within that country, or the international organisation in question ensures an adequate level of protection within the meaning of Article 45 of the General Data Protection Regulation;

Adequacy Decision means a country, territory or sector within a country which has been subject to a finding, and continues to be subject to a finding for the duration of the Agreement, of an adequate level of protection for Personal Data under the GDPR or UK GDPR as applicable to the Personal Data Processing activity and "EU Adequacy Decision" and "UK Adequacy Decision" should be construed accordingly.

Adequacy Decision means a European Commission Decision that a third country or an international organization ensures an adequate level of data protection.