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ARTICLE · 29 NOVEMBER 2016

German Privacy Authorities Launch Coordinated Audit Of International Data Transfers

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Ten German data protection authorities ("DPAs") will conduct a coordinated audit of cross-border data transfers at 500-randomly selected German companies.

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Wanne Pemmelaar
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Emre Yildirim
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Ten German data protection authorities ("DPAs") will conduct a coordinated audit of cross-border data transfers at 500-randomly selected German companies. The audit was announced by the Data Protection Authorities of Bavaria and Berlin on behalf of other DPAs on 3 November 2016. The audit is aimed at raising awareness among the companies on the outbound transfers of personal data they process and data processing operations outside the European Economic Area. This includes intra-group data transfers, cloud solutions and any other transfers to third parties. The audit results can lead to a more thorough investigation and enforcement actions by the DPAs.

Companies that receive the questionnaire should carefully review the questions and provide general information on data transfers, the grounds for transfers and safeguards used in cases where transfers are made to countries without adequate data protection regimes. If any non-compliant transfers are being currently

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