The policy states that international transfers of personal data from the EEA, UK, and Switzerland rely on EU Standard Contractual Clauses and the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or Addendum as the legal transfer mechanism.
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This provision establishes the legal basis for cross-border data transfers to the United States and other third countries, which is a compliance-critical requirement under GDPR and UK GDPR. The policy offers to provide a copy of these instruments upon request, which is an operationally relevant disclosure for data subjects and institutional compliance teams.
Under this clause, personal data of EEA, UK, and Swiss users transferred outside those regions is subject to Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent UK instruments as the stated legal transfer safeguard. The policy states that copies of the applicable transfer documents are available upon request.
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Compare across platforms →"We will use appropriate safeguards for transferring your personal data out of the EEA, UK and Switzerland where required and only transfer such personal data under a legally valid transfer mechanism including, where relevant, entering into the EU Standard Contractual Clauses and/or the UK International Data Transfer Agreement / Addendum with the recipient outside the EEA / UK.Excerpt from OpenSea's Privacy Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly engages GDPR Chapter V (transfers to third countries) and UK GDPR equivalent provisions.
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This provision establishes the legal basis for cross-border data transfers to the United States and other third countries, which is a compliance-critical requirement under GDPR and UK GDPR. The policy offers to provide a copy of these instruments upon request, which is an operationally relevant disclosure for data subjects and institutional compliance teams.
Under this clause, personal data of EEA, UK, and Swiss users transferred outside those regions is subject to Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent UK instruments as the stated legal transfer safeguard. The policy states that copies of the applicable transfer documents are available upon request.
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