Codes of conduct will be used by an industry body to undertake a procedure which is standardised and has controls built in, they must include safeguards which protect the rights of the data subject and must be approved by the relevant supervisory authority.
Codes of Conduct for International Data Transfer
CodeTransferring data internationally requires either the receiving country to be deemed adequate or appropriate safeguards. One such set of safeguards are codes of conduct.
At the time of writing, few approved codes exist, therefore there is a limited opportunity available to apply this safeguard. The ICO provides further guidence here: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/advice-and-services/codes-of-conduct/
How can ProvePrivacy Help?
ProvePrivacy allows RoPA users to add all contracts as part of the Data Sharing Assessment, all of the above clauses are noted within this assessment and if any are identified as absent then a risk will be added to the risk log.
