Cross-border Data Transfers: How To Comply With The GDPR?

As the world recovers from COVID-19, international travel has picked up again causing airport havoc across the globe. However, some international transfers have continued without interruption –invisible, but significant flows. These are the cross-border personal data transfers that happen every day, mostly without public awareness. In this article, we explain what these transfers are and how you can follow the European data protection regulations when you have to transmit personal information internationally.

The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) devotes an entire chapter to cross-border personal data transfers. Sanctions for breaching data protection rules are severe: the penalty for cross-border transfer violations is up to €20 million, or up to 4% of the annual global turnover of the preceding fiscal year, whichever is higher. A crucial reason to strictly comply with GDPR provisions.