Asana moves user data from Europe and the UK to the United States using legal contracts called Standard Contractual Clauses, which are a required safeguard under EU privacy law.
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The clause establishes the legal framework under which Asana executes cross-border data transfers for EU/EEA/UK/Swiss users. Standard Contractual Clauses serve as the operative safeguard mechanism when transfers occur to jurisdictions without European Commission adequacy determinations, enabling the company to maintain international operations while addressing regulatory transfer requirements.
This provision was removed and replaced with the new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework provision, reflecting a regulatory shift away from SCCs to the newer framework mechanism.
View full change record →EU, UK, and Swiss users' personal data is transferred to the United States, and the legal adequacy of that transfer depends on Asana maintaining current SCCs and Transfer Impact Assessments — a compliance burden that directly affects whether their GDPR protections travel with their data.
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"Asana may transfer your personal information to countries other than the one in which you live, including to the United States. To the extent that we transfer personal information of individuals in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland to a country that has not been found to provide an adequate level of protection under applicable data protection laws, we rely on appropriate safeguards, such as the Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission, to transfer such personal information.Excerpt from Asana's Privacy Statement
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The clause establishes the legal framework under which Asana executes cross-border data transfers for EU/EEA/UK/Swiss users. Standard Contractual Clauses serve as the operative safeguard mechanism when transfers occur to jurisdictions without European Commission adequacy determinations, enabling the company to maintain international operations while addressing regulatory transfer requirements.
EU, UK, and Swiss users' personal data is transferred to the United States, and the legal adequacy of that transfer depends on Asana maintaining current SCCs and Transfer Impact Assessments — a compliance burden that directly affects whether their GDPR protections travel with their data.
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