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GOAT's certification commits it to a defined set of data privacy principles for EU-sourced personal data, establishing a baseline of accountability to a U.S. government body.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is truncated after 'European Union'. The clause name references Swiss-U.S. DPF as well, but only the EU-U.S. DPF certification is present in the quoted language. Only the EU-U.S. DPF certification is stated in the canonical claim.
If your personal data was received from the European Union, GOAT has committed to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it will process that data in accordance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles.
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Reddit, Inc., complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF) and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF) as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
We transfer personal data from the European Economic Area and Switzerland to other countries, some of which have not been determined by the European Commission to have an adequate level of data protection. When we do so, we use a variety of legal mechanisms, including contracts
"We have certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that we adhere to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles (EU-U.S. DPF Principles) with regard to the processing of personal data received from the European Union...Excerpt from GOAT's Privacy Policy
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GOAT's certification commits it to a defined set of data privacy principles for EU-sourced personal data, establishing a baseline of accountability to a U.S. government body.
If your personal data was received from the European Union, GOAT has committed to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it will process that data in accordance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles.
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