FAQ
Cross-border transfers of personal data
- What does cross-border transfer of personal data mean?
- Which countries are a part of the European Economic Area?
- What are the conditions for data transfers within the European Union of the European Economic Area?
- What are the conditions for data transfers outside the European Union or European Economic Area?
- What are the third countries with an adequate level of protection?
- What are the European Commission's standard contractual clauses and where can I find them?
- What are the Belgian national conditions for the use of contracts modifying or not including the European Commission's standard contractual clauses?
- Can the European Commission's standard contractual clauses be inserted in another agreement?
- Can other clauses be added to the European Commission's standard contractual clauses?
- Can the European Commission's standard contractual clauses be modified?
- Does the use of the European's Commission's standard contractual clauses have to be authorized?
- What are Binding Corporate Rules or "BCRs" understood to mean?
- What do these "Binding Corporate Rules" or "BCRs" have to include?
- What are the Belgian national conditions for the use of "Binding Corporate Rules" or "BCRs"?
- In which exceptional cases is a cross-border transfer nevertheless authorized?
- Does the Belgian Commission for the protection of privacy prefer the use of exceptions or contractual solutions?
- Does the Belgian Commission for the protection of privacy have a preference for the European Commission's standard contractual clauses or rather for Binding Corporate Rules or "BCRs"?
