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adequacy decision

noun/ˈædɪkwəsi dɪˈsɪʒn/

C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A determination by the Commission that a third country ensures an adequate level of data protection, permitting transfers to it without further safeguards.

Transfers to the United Kingdom were facilitated by the Commission's adequacy decision.

Topic: Data protection & privacy in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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