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Cases · Technology & intellectual property · Cybercrime, data breaches & AI disputes

Transfer personal data between countries lawfully

Can we move customer or employee data to another country?

WONE Global sets the legal basis and contracts for each transfer under every relevant country's law.

Countries in the typical case Saudi Arabia · Germany

The situation

What is happening

Customer or employee data moves from one country to another.

What is at stake

Unlawful transfers lead to fines and orders to stop processing.

Who faces this

  • Corporations
  • Mid-sized companies
  • Founders and growing companies

A scenario

CompanyCorporation · from Saudi Arabia · in Germany

It uses a cloud service hosted in Europe.

Where it ends Lawful transfers.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “International data transfer”“Data localisation rules”“Our overseas data transfers may breach privacy rules”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global sets the legal basis and contracts for each transfer under every relevant country's law.

Usually led by Data protection and cyber, with Contracts and commercial law and Licences, permits and regulators.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. Week 1Rules reviewed.
  2. Week 2Legal basis.
  3. Week 3Contracts.
  4. ThenDocumented.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Which transfer mechanisms each law allows
  2. 02Localisation requirements
  3. 03Contracts with processors

Outcomes

What you receive

  • A data transfer map
  • Transfer agreements
  • Policies and records updated

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Services

The services involved

One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.

  1. Usually leadsData protection and cyber2 markets with a named lead→
  2. Often involvedContracts and commercial law12 markets with a named lead→
  3. Often involvedLicences, permits and regulators1 market with a named lead→

Who handles it

Data protection and cyber, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Germanyin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. Saudi Arabiain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. Israel WONE Global Partner Karin Horev · Founding Partner Brief this Partner →
  4. Uganda WONE Global Partner Tony Galandi Kiire · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  5. India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  6. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  7. United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  8. United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  9. United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →

Karin HorevTel Aviv · Israel

WONE Global Capability Partner · Israel

Karin Horev

Founding Partner · Horev & Co. Law Office · Tel Aviv

Adv. Karin Horev has been practicing corporate and commercial law for more than 20 years, with a focus on complex technology-related matters. Over the years, Karin has led a large number of complex and wide-ranging tran…

Tony Galandi KiireKampala · Uganda

WONE Global Capability Partner · Uganda

Tony Galandi Kiire

Managing Partner · Diamond Advocates · Kampala

Tony Kiire is the Founding and Managing Partner of Diamond Advocates, where he leads the Technology, Innovation, and Intellectual Property Law practice. He is also the founder of Lawtech Associates and Consult, the comp…

Dr. Esteban Lucio MaccariBuenos Aires · Argentina

WONE Global Capability Partner · Argentina

Dr. Esteban Lucio Maccari

Managing Director · Maccari Adam & Asociados · Buenos Aires

He is a lawyer with a degree from the University of Buenos Aires and a degree in Spanish Law. He completed postgraduate studies in Strategic Business Management at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the Glocoll at…

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