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Transfer risk assessment

A written check that data sent abroad under the approved clauses will still be well protected: not materially lower than in the UK. You wrote Tennerby’s for the Tallcourt texts, after Megan cut the data. It is reviewed every year. Record B · Chapter 7 · see UK Addendum

Explained in Chapter 7, International Transfers: Data Bridge and UK Addendum, of Data Protection.

How it comes up, in Chapter 7
That route also needs a transfer risk assessment. It is a written check that the data will still be well protected after it leaves. The ICO expects one on this route, though not on the first.
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