Nigel Harper, 22 September 2009
Hyatt Hotels has become just the fifth company operating in the UK to use a complex process that allows it to send personal data around the world without breaking EU rules. It has signed up to use Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs).
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When companies want to send personal data to other non-EU countries, that data transfer must be governed by adequate protection, even when the transfer is from one part of a company to another part of the same firm.
One way in which that is possible is by using BCRs. This involves a company submitting its data protection processes to a data protection watchdog and having them approved for use.
Source: Out-Law.com
