Guidelines 05/2021 on the Interplay between the application of Article 3 and the provisions on international transfers as per Chapter V of the GDPR

JurisdictionEuropean Union
Date24 February 2023
Year2023
Type of DocumentGuidance
Page 17 Controller Responsable du traitement
Page 17 Processor Sous-traitant
Page 17 Parent company and subsidiary company Société mère et filiale
Page 17 Third country authority Autorité du pays tiers
Page 17 Data flow Flux de données
Page 17 Not considered as data tran sfer non considéré comme un tra nsfert de données
Page 17 Data transfer Transfert de données
Page 17 Chapter V GDPR Chapitre V du RGPD
Page 17 GDPR Articles and Chapters Articles et chapitres du RGPD
Page 17 EU / EEA area and limits Territoire et limites de l'UE/l'EEE
Example 1 Website Site web
Example 1 Direct collection Collecte directe
Example 1 EU market target Le marché de l'UE est ciblé
Example 1 Third Country Company (Controller) Société du pays tiers (responsab le du traitement)
Example 1
Example 1: Controller in a third country collects da ta directly from a data sub ject in the
EU (under Arcle 3(2) GDPR)
Exemple n° 1: un responsabl e du traitement dans un pa ys tiers collecte des données
directement auprès d une p ersonne concernée dans l UE (en vertu de l article 3,
paragraphe 2, du RGPD)
Example 2 Website Site web
Example 2 Direct collection Collecte directe
Example 2 EU market target Le marché de l'UE est ciblé
Example 2 Transfer Transfert
Example 2 Third Country Company (Controller) Société du pays tiers (responsab le du traitement)
Example 2 Company B (Processor) Société B (sous-traitant)
Example 2
Example 2: Controller in a third country collects da ta directly from a data sub ject in the
EU (under Arcle 3(2) GDPR) and u ses a processor outside the EU for some p rocessing
activities
Exemple n° 2: un responsabl e du traitement dans un pa ys tiers collecte des données
directement auprès d une p ersonne concernée dans l UE (en vertu de l article 3,
paragraphe 2, du RGPD) et rec ourt à un sous-traitant en dehors de l UE pour certaines
activités de traitement
Example 3 Direct collection Collecte directe
Example 3 Website Site web
Example 3 No EU target L'UE n'est pas ciblée
Example 3
Hotel (Controller) Hôtel (responsable du traitem ent)
Example 3 Processor Sous-traitant
Example 3 Example 3: Controller in a third country receives data d irectly from a data subject i n
the EU (but not under Articl e 3(2) GDPR) and uses a processor ou tside the EU for some
processing activities
Exemple n° 3: un responsabl e du traitement dans un pa ys tiers reçoit directement des
données d une personne conc ernée dans l UE (mais pas en vertu de l article 3,
paragraphe 2, du RGPD) et rec ourt à un sous-traitant en dehors de l UE pour certaines
activités de traitement
Example 4 Direct collection Collecte directe
Example 4 Website Site web
Example 4 Transfer Transfert
Example 4 EEA Travel Agency (Controller) Agence de voyage de l'EEE (responsabl e du traitement)
Example 4 Hotel (Controller) Hôtel (responsable du traitem ent)
Example 4
Example 4: Data collected by an EEA platform and then passed to a third country
controller
Exemple n° 4: données collec tées par une plateforme de l EEE puis transmises à un
responsable du traitement d un pays tiers
Example 5 Transfer Transfert
Example 5
Company X (Controller) Société X (responsable du trait ement)
Example 5 Company Z (Processor) Société Z (sous-trai tant)
Example 5
Example 5: Controller in t he EU sends data to a processor i n a third country
Exemple n° 5: un responsabl e du traitement dans l UE en voie des données à un sous-
traitant dans un pays tiers
Example 6
XYZ Inc. (Controller) XYZ Inc. (responsable du trai tement)
Example 6 ABC Ltd. (Processor) ABC Ltd. (sous-traitant)
Example 6 Transfer Transfert
Example 6
Example 6: Processor in the EU send s data back to its contro ller in a third country
Exemple n° 6: un sous-traita nt dans l UE renvoie des don nées à son responsable du
traitement dans un pays t iers
Example 7
Company A (Controller) Société A (responsable du traitement)
Example 7 Company B (Processor) Société B (sous-traitant)
Example 7
Company C (Sub-Processor) Société C (sous-traitant ultéri eur)
Example 7 Transfer Transfert
Example 7
Example 7: Processor in the EU send s data to a sub-processor in a third country
Exemple n° 7: un sous-traita nt dans l UE envoie des don nées à un sous-traitant
ultérieur dans un pays tiers
Example 8.1 Remote access Accès à distance
Example 8.1
Company A (Controller) Société A (responsable du traitement)
Example 8.1 Employee of A Employé de A
Example 8.1
Example 8.1: Employee of a controller in the EU travels to a third country on a busin ess
trip
Exemple n° 8.1: un employé dun responsable du traitement dans l UE effectue un
voyage d affaires dans un pa ys tiers
Example 8.2 Remote access Accès à distance
Example 8.2 Transfer Transfert
Example 8.2
Company A (Controller) Société A (responsable du traitement)
Example 8.2 Third Country Company Société du pays tiers
Example 8.2
Example 8.2: Employee of a controller in the EU travels to a third country on a busin ess
trip
Exemple n° 8.2: un employé dun responsable du traitement dans l UE effectue un
voyage d affaires dans un pa ys tiers
Example 9 Transfer Transfert
Example 9 Comp. X (Subsidiary, Controller) Société X (filiale, responsab le du traitement)
Example 9
Company Y (Parent, Processor) Société Y (société mère, sous-trai tant)
Example 9
Storage in centralised da tabase Stockage dans u ne base de données centralisée
Example 9
Example 9: A subsidiary (con troller) in the EU shares data with its parent compan y
(processor) in a third count ry
Exemple n° 9: une filiale (resp onsable du traitement) da ns l UE partage des données
avec sa société mère (sous-traitan t) dans un pays tiers
Example 10
Company A (Controller) Société A (responsable du traitement)
Example 10
EU market target Le marché de l'UE est ciblé
Example 10 Company B ( Processor) Société B (sous-traitant)
Example 10 Transfer Transfert
Example 10
Example 10: Processor in the EU sen ds data back to its cont roller in a third country
Exemple n° 10: un sous-trait ant dans l UE renvoie des do nnées à son responsable du
traitement dans un pays t iers
Example 11
Remote access = transfer Accès à distance = transfert
Example 11 Company Z (Pro cessor) Société Z (sous-trait ant)
Example 11
EU Controllers Responsables du traitem ent de l'UE
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