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The provision establishes the geographic framework for data handling and identifies the legal mechanisms Slack uses to manage international data transfers. This is operationally significant because it defines where user data is processed and what contractual safeguards apply when that processing occurs across borders.
Users accessing Slack from jurisdictions with data protection laws different from U.S. law operate under terms that authorize transfer of their personal information outside their home region to U.S.-based infrastructure and potentially to other countries. The terms apply Standard Contractual Clauses as the approved mechanism governing these transfers.
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"The Services are hosted in the United States. If you choose to use the Services from regions of the world with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note that you may be transferring your personal information outside of those regions to the United States for storage and processing. We may transfer personal information to countries other than the country in which the data was originally collected. To the extent required, we rely on approved transfer mechanisms such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses to protect your personal information.— Excerpt from Slack's Slack Privacy Policy
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The provision establishes the geographic framework for data handling and identifies the legal mechanisms Slack uses to manage international data transfers. This is operationally significant because it defines where user data is processed and what contractual safeguards apply when that processing occurs across borders.
Users accessing Slack from jurisdictions with data protection laws different from U.S. law operate under terms that authorize transfer of their personal information outside their home region to U.S.-based infrastructure and potentially to other countries. The terms apply Standard Contractual Clauses as the approved mechanism governing these transfers.
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