Loi n° 2013-015, transfer of personal data abroad
Loi n° 2013-015, art. 11 (transfer of personal data abroad)
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In force since 28 June 2013.
A cross border transfer rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 19 September 2026.
What it requires
- Before transferring personal data to a foreign country, confirm that the Autorité de Protection des Données à Caractère Personnel has found the destination State's own legislation or international commitments provide a sufficient level of protection that is actually applied, or obtain an Autorité decision that the transfer and the recipient's processing, including through contractual clauses or internal rules, guarantee a sufficient level of protection for privacy and fundamental rights and freedoms.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Transfer
What this law does
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Article 11 lets a controller transfer personal data to a foreign State only where the Autorité de Protection des Données à Caractère Personnel has found that the destination State ensures a sufficient level of protection for persons, whether because of its own internal legislation or commitments made at the international level, and that those measures are actually applied, or where the Autorité has decided that the transfer and the recipient's processing of the data guarantee a sufficient level of protection for privacy and for persons' fundamental freedoms and rights, including because of contractual clauses or internal rules the recipient is subject to.
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