SaaS Agreements – FAQs – Restricted Transfers

Restricted transfers are a type of international data transfer to which special rules apply. SaaS suppliers and SaaS customers are responsible for complying with the relevant rules when making or permitting restricted transfers of personal data to their suppliers, customers, sub-processors, group companies and partners.

What is an international data transfer?

An international data transfer occurs when personal data is sent or transmitted from one country to another.

This includes:

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SaaS Agreements – Data Protection – Restricted Transfers

SaaS suppliers and SaaS customers currently have to comply with complicated rules and include onerous obligations in their SaaS agreements, data processing agreements and data privacy practices to lawfully make restricted transfers of personal data when proving SaaS services. Before making any restricted transfers of personal data, SaaS suppliers must ensure that the specific safeguards required under the UK GDPR and the EU GDPR are in place.

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