AI engineering glossary · AI ethics law product
What is cross-border data transfer?
Cross-border data transfer: Sending personal data from one country to another, including by storing it on a foreign cloud or calling an overseas AI API. Many laws restrict it or attach conditions; details depend on the law in question, so teams check both origin and destination rules.
Cross-border data transfer: an example
An Indian startup sending customer chats to an AI provider's servers abroad must check what the applicable law and contracts allow.
Related terms
- Data residency
- Standard contractual clauses
- GDPR
- DPDP Act 2023
More AI ethics law product terms
- CSAT
- Dark patterns
- Data breach notification
- Data controller
- Data Fiduciary
- Data flywheel
- Data minimization
- Data Principal
Where you learn it
Cross-border data transfer is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.