Glossary of Compliance

Compliance Glossary

Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.

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Adequacy Decision

The EU made an adequacy decision which is a formal decision that recognizes that another country, sector, territory, or international company provides an equivalent level of protection for personal data, same as the EU does.

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