Ideogram may move your personal data to countries, including the United States, that do not have the same level of privacy protection as your home country, and relies on standard contractual clauses as the legal mechanism for these transfers.
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Users in the EU, UK, and Switzerland have data transferred to jurisdictions without equivalent privacy protections, and the adequacy of the standard contractual clauses mechanism depends on the transfer impact assessments Ideogram has conducted, which are not described in the policy.
Interpretive note: The policy does not specify whether the EU-US Data Privacy Framework adequacy decision is relied upon for US transfers, nor does it identify the specific third countries or subprocessors involved, making the practical adequacy of the transfer mechanism difficult to assess.
The updated policy now provides explicit disclosure of which categories of personal information are collected and which parties receive each category. Previously, the policy required readers to consult other sections to identify this information. The updated table format discloses that identifiers such as name and email address, visual information including uploaded images, and geolocation data may be shared with other users, vendors, service providers, login integration partners, social media widgets, and affiliates. This change provides clearer visibility into data sharing practices without altering what data is collected or shared, but rather how that information is disclosed.
View change record →Your personal data, including account information and usage data, may be transferred to countries outside the EU with lower privacy standards, with standard contractual clauses as the only described protection mechanism.
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"We may transfer your personal information to countries other than the country in which you live. We transfer personal data from the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, 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 transfer personal data from the EEA, UK, or Switzerland to countries that have not received an adequacy decision, we use standard contractual clauses.— Excerpt from Ideogram's Ideogram Privacy Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly implicates GDPR Chapter V (Articles 44-49) governing transfers to third countries, as well as UK GDPR and Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection equivalents. The reliance on standard contractual clauses requires an accompanying transfer impact assessment following the Schrems II ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union. The European Data Protection Board and national supervisory authorities are the primary enforcement bodies. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The policy discloses the use of standard contractual clauses but does not identify the specific third countries involved, the entities acting as data importers, or whether transfer impact assessments have been conducted. This creates a documentation gap that supervisory authorities may scrutinize, particularly post-Schrems II. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU/EEA, UK, and Swiss users face the highest exposure. The policy does not confirm whether the EU-US Data Privacy Framework adequacy decision is relied upon for US transfers, which would be a more straightforward mechanism. If Ideogram's infrastructure is US-based, the EU-US DPF adequacy decision may apply and should be clarified. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: B2B customers in the EU should request Ideogram's data processing agreement and confirm that standard contractual clauses are in place between the customer and Ideogram and that transfer impact assessments are available for review. The absence of named third-country recipients complicates vendor due diligence. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should request documentation of transfer impact assessments and confirm whether supplementary measures beyond standard contractual clauses have been implemented. Data maps should identify all third-country recipients of EEA personal data, including subprocessors. Consider whether the EU-US DPF adequacy decision applies and whether Ideogram is certified under that framework.
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Users in the EU, UK, and Switzerland have data transferred to jurisdictions without equivalent privacy protections, and the adequacy of the standard contractual clauses mechanism depends on the transfer impact assessments Ideogram has conducted, which are not described in the policy.
Your personal data, including account information and usage data, may be transferred to countries outside the EU with lower privacy standards, with standard contractual clauses as the only described protection mechanism.
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