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Cross-border transfer mechanism

The legal basis (a contractual safeguard, an adequacy or equivalence finding, or explicit consent) under which some jurisdictions permit data to leave their borders. Distinct from residency: residency is a wall (data cannot move), a transfer mechanism is a gate (data may move only through a permitted door). Both determine where a model and its data may sit relative to each other.

Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 2 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Business AI Transformation.

How each discipline defines it

The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.

Business AI Transformation

The legal basis (a contractual safeguard, an adequacy or equivalence finding, or explicit consent) under which some jurisdictions permit data to leave their borders. Distinct from residency: residency is a wall (data cannot move), a transfer mechanism is a gate (data may move only through a permitted door). Both determine where a model and its data may sit relative to each other.

AI Governance: Applied Mastery

The legal instrument a jurisdiction requires before personal data may leave it. Under the GDPR: an adequacy decision, standard contractual clauses, or another Chapter V mechanism. Under China's PIPL: a Cyberspace Administration of China security assessment, certification, or a filed standard contract.

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