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EEA, Swiss, and UK users have a defined contractual safeguard—standard contractual clauses—applied when their personal data is transferred internationally outside the EEA.
If you are a user in the EEA, Switzerland, or the UK, Zoom is required to apply European Commission standard contractual clauses when transferring your personal data to countries outside the EEA.
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Patreon transfers of personal data of individuals in the European Union (including EFTA States) and the UK outside of those locations are performed based on contractual obligations placed on the recipient of the personal data.
We transfer personal data from the European Economic Area and Switzerland to other countries, some of which have not been determined by the European Commission to have an adequate level of data protection. When we do so, we use a variety of legal mechanisms, including contracts
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"Where personal data of users in the EEA, Switzerland, or the UK is being transferred to a recipient located in a country outside the EEA...we ensure that the transfer is governed by the European Commission's standard contractual clauses.Excerpt from Zoom's Privacy Statement
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EEA, Swiss, and UK users have a defined contractual safeguard—standard contractual clauses—applied when their personal data is transferred internationally outside the EEA.
If you are a user in the EEA, Switzerland, or the UK, Zoom is required to apply European Commission standard contractual clauses when transferring your personal data to countries outside the EEA.
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