Okta moves your personal data from the EU and other countries to the United States and other countries that may have weaker privacy laws. They use Standard Contractual Clauses (a type of legal contract) to try to keep your data protected during these transfers.
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The provision operationalizes the company's global data handling framework by specifying the legal mechanisms used to authorize cross-border transfers and establish baseline protection standards in jurisdictions outside the user's country of residence.
Your personal data collected in the EU or UK will be transferred to the United States and processed under US law, which offers weaker privacy protections than GDPR, with Okta relying on SCCs that have faced ongoing legal challenge following the Schrems II ruling.
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"Okta is a global company and we transfer your personal information to countries other than the country in which you reside, including to the United States, which may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country. We take steps to ensure that your personal information receives an adequate level of protection in the countries in which we process it, including by entering into data transfer agreements, such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission, with our affiliates and third-party service providers.— Excerpt from Okta's Okta Privacy Policy
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision implicates GDPR Chapter V (Arts. 44-49) governing international transfers, EDPB Recommendations 01/2020 on Transfer Impact Assessments, the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) adequacy decision (July 2023), UK International Data Transfer Agreements (IDTAs) under UK GDPR, and Swiss data protection law (nDSG). The EDPB, national DPAs, and UK ICO are the primary enforcement authorities. (2)
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The provision operationalizes the company's global data handling framework by specifying the legal mechanisms used to authorize cross-border transfers and establish baseline protection standards in jurisdictions outside the user's country of residence.
Your personal data collected in the EU or UK will be transferred to the United States and processed under US law, which offers weaker privacy protections than GDPR, with Okta relying on SCCs that have faced ongoing legal challenge following the Schrems II ruling.
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