Mistral AI is authorized to transfer personal data outside the EU/EEA using Standard Contractual Clauses. For customers located outside the EU/EEA in non-adequate countries, the SCC Module 4 applies, with French law and French courts governing any disputes.
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The incorporation of SCC Module 4 by reference upon DPA acceptance provides a recognized GDPR transfer mechanism, but fixes French law as the governing law and French courts as the dispute forum, which affects where and under what legal framework customers in non-adequate third countries (such as the US, absent an adequacy decision) must pursue remedies.
Business customers outside the EU/EEA whose data is transferred internationally under this DPA will have their SCC-related disputes governed by French law in French courts, regardless of where the customer is located. This creates a practical and financial barrier to dispute resolution for non-European customers.
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"Customer authorized Mistral AI to transfer Personal Data to any country deemed to have an adequate level of data protection by the European Commission. Customer also authorizes Mistral AI to perform International Data Transfers to (a) on the basis of adequate safeguards in accordance with Applicable Data Protection Laws, or (b) pursuant to the SCCs. This Section only applies if Customer is located in a Restricted Country. By accepting this DPA, Mistral AI and Customer conclude Module 4 (Processor-to-Controller) of the SCCs which applies to any International Data Transfer conducted by Mistral AI acting as a Data Processor and is hereby incorporated... The governing law in Clause 17 is the law of France; The courts in Clause 18(b) are the Courts of France.Excerpt from Mistral AI's Data Processing Addendum
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly implicates GDPR Chapter V (Articles 44-49) governing international data transfers, and the EU Commission Implementing Decision 2021/914 (SCCs).
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The incorporation of SCC Module 4 by reference upon DPA acceptance provides a recognized GDPR transfer mechanism, but fixes French law as the governing law and French courts as the dispute forum, which affects where and under what legal framework customers in non-adequate third countries (such as the US, absent an adequacy decision) must pursue remedies.
Business customers outside the EU/EEA whose data is transferred internationally under this DPA will have their SCC-related disputes governed by French law in French courts, regardless of where the customer is located. This creates a practical and financial barrier to dispute resolution for non-European customers.
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