Slack transfers personal data from the EU, UK, and Switzerland to the United States and other countries, relying on Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) and other approved transfer mechanisms to comply with data protection law.
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The provision documents Slack's legal framework for cross-border data transfers, addressing EU data protection requirements that restrict international transfers without adequate safeguards. By implementing SCCs, Slack establishes a contractual mechanism recognized under EU law to govern how personal data flows between jurisdictions with different regulatory standards.
Your personal data may be transferred outside the EU or UK to countries with different privacy protections, including the United States. Slack uses Standard Contractual Clauses as a legal basis for these transfers, but this does not eliminate all risks associated with US government access to data.
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"European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses. Slack uses Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission (and the equivalent standard contractual clauses for the UK where appropriate) for transfers to, among others, Australia, Canada, India, Japan, South Korea, and the United States. Slack will transfer your Personal Data to facilitate the provision of the Services. A copy of our standard data processing addendum, incorporating the Standard Contractual Clauses, is available here.— Excerpt from Slack's Slack Privacy Policy
Slack's reliance on SCCs for EU-US data transfers must be assessed against the requirements of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and post-Schrems II obligations, including transfer impact assessments. Legal teams should verify that current SCCs (2021 EU version) are in use and that supplementary measures are documented.
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The provision documents Slack's legal framework for cross-border data transfers, addressing EU data protection requirements that restrict international transfers without adequate safeguards. By implementing SCCs, Slack establishes a contractual mechanism recognized under EU law to govern how personal data flows between jurisdictions with different regulatory standards.
Your personal data may be transferred outside the EU or UK to countries with different privacy protections, including the United States. Slack uses Standard Contractual Clauses as a legal basis for these transfers, but this does not eliminate all risks associated with US government access to data.
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