What does suitable guarantees mean?<\/strong><\/p>\n If personal data is to be transferred to a third country without an adequacy decision, it must be ensured that a level of data protection comparable to that in the EU exists there. On the one hand, this is achieved by agreeing standard contractual clauses between the data sender and the data recipient. On the other hand, in its \"Schrems II\" ruling of 16 July 2020 (Ref. C_311\/18), the ECJ confirmed that the use of standard contractual clauses is still generally permissible, but also demanded suitable guarantees to ensure an adequate level of data protection in the recipient country.<\/p>\n Suitable guarantees play an important role in day-to-day business, for example when it comes to the protection and legally compliant processing of personal data.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If personal data is to be transferred to a third country without an adequacy decision, it must be ensured that a level of data protection comparable to that in the EU exists there. On the one hand, this is achieved by agreeing standard contractual clauses between the data sender and the data recipient. On the other hand, in its \"Schrems II\" ruling of 16 July 2020 (Ref. C_311\/18), the ECJ confirmed that the use of standard contractual clauses is still generally permissible, but also demanded suitable guarantees to ensure an adequate level of data protection in the recipient country.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41222","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nPractical example<\/h2>\n