Data transfers across the Atlantic could get trickier for trustees

Michael Klimes
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An Irish High Court case could put pressure on UK schemes that transfer data to the US to beef up measures they use to protect members' data. Michael Klimes finds out why.

At a glance Model contract clauses can be used to transfer member data to the US  If these clauses are struck down data transfers become more difficult      Trustees need to monitor how dat...

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