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Acknowledgment of risk from transfers to less-protective countries

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What risk does Thomson Reuters require users to acknowledge?
Thomson Reuters requires users to acknowledge the risk that their personal information may be transferred to countries that provide less privacy protection than their home country.
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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Users are required to pre-acknowledge a specific risk — reduced privacy protections — before that risk materializes, which limits their ability to later dispute the adequacy of protections afforded to their data.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users are required to accept, as a condition of interaction, that their personal information may end up in jurisdictions with weaker legal privacy protections than those in their home country.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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you acknowledge the risk that we may transfer your personal information to countries that may provide less protection than your home country's privacy laws...

Excerpt from Thomson Reuters's Privacy

Applicable regulations

FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Thomson Reuters Privacy
Entity
Thomson Reuters
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-058448
Document ID
CA-D-00720
Evidence Provenance
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Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
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Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 09:54 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Thomson Reuters
Document: Thomson Reuters Privacy
Record ID: CA-P-058448
Captured: 2026-07-09 09:54:14 UTC
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URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/thomson-reuters/thomson-reuters-privacy/provision/CA-P-058448/acknowledgment-of-risk-from-transfers-to-less-protective-countries/
Accessed: July 25, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Thomson Reuters's Acknowledgment of risk from transfers to less-protective countries clause do?

Users are required to pre-acknowledge a specific risk — reduced privacy protections — before that risk materializes, which limits their ability to later dispute the adequacy of protections afforded to their data.

How does this clause affect you?

Users are required to accept, as a condition of interaction, that their personal information may end up in jurisdictions with weaker legal privacy protections than those in their home country.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 292 platforms. See the full comparison.

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