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CIPP-E EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED||
What are binding corporate rules (BCRs)? - ANSWER-- A binding
set of rules on all members of a worldwide corporate group that
allows personal data to flow freely within
- The rules are pre-approved by the lead DPA, which also
monitors for compliance
- The gold standard of global data protection
- BCRs compel organizations to demonstrate GDPR compliance
up front
- These are rules for intra-organizational transfers, not transfers to
third parties
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What is the most commonly used "appropriate safeguard" for
cross-border transfers? - ANSWER-Standard contractual clauses
(SCCs)
a.k.a. "model clauses"
What are standard contractual clauses (SCCs)? - ANSWER-A
company in the EEA that wants to send data to a company
outside the EEA may use the appropriate standard contractual
clauses adopted by the European Commission to send data to a
company outside the EEA.
Unlike BCRs, which are used within a company, SCCs are used
between companies.
What are the advantages of standard contractual clauses? -
ANSWER-- Cost-effective
- Straightforward
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- Quick to implement
- Automatic recognition by DPAs
If a pan-European company wishes to create ad hoc contractual
clauses in an effort to create appropriate safeguards what must
they do to meet GDPR regulatory requirements? - ANSWER-Get
the ad hoc contractual clauses approved by the supervisory
authority
What is a derogation? - ANSWER-An exemption (granted under
very limited circumstances) from the prohibition on transferring
personal data outside the EEA.
Under what circumstances might derogation be granted? -
ANSWER-- Explicit consent
- Where necessary for performance of a contract with the data
subject (i.e., data subject wants to book a hotel in a foreign
country)
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- Public interest
- Establishment, exercise, or defensive legal claims
- Protection of vital interests of the data subject or other persons
- Transfer from a register of public information
- Legitimate interests of the controller
What are the six purposes of a supervisory authority? - ANSWER-
- Promote, monitor, enforce the GDPR
- Promote awareness
- Conduct investigations
CIPP-E EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED||
What are binding corporate rules (BCRs)? - ANSWER-- A binding
set of rules on all members of a worldwide corporate group that
allows personal data to flow freely within
- The rules are pre-approved by the lead DPA, which also
monitors for compliance
- The gold standard of global data protection
- BCRs compel organizations to demonstrate GDPR compliance
up front
- These are rules for intra-organizational transfers, not transfers to
third parties
,2|Page
What is the most commonly used "appropriate safeguard" for
cross-border transfers? - ANSWER-Standard contractual clauses
(SCCs)
a.k.a. "model clauses"
What are standard contractual clauses (SCCs)? - ANSWER-A
company in the EEA that wants to send data to a company
outside the EEA may use the appropriate standard contractual
clauses adopted by the European Commission to send data to a
company outside the EEA.
Unlike BCRs, which are used within a company, SCCs are used
between companies.
What are the advantages of standard contractual clauses? -
ANSWER-- Cost-effective
- Straightforward
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- Quick to implement
- Automatic recognition by DPAs
If a pan-European company wishes to create ad hoc contractual
clauses in an effort to create appropriate safeguards what must
they do to meet GDPR regulatory requirements? - ANSWER-Get
the ad hoc contractual clauses approved by the supervisory
authority
What is a derogation? - ANSWER-An exemption (granted under
very limited circumstances) from the prohibition on transferring
personal data outside the EEA.
Under what circumstances might derogation be granted? -
ANSWER-- Explicit consent
- Where necessary for performance of a contract with the data
subject (i.e., data subject wants to book a hotel in a foreign
country)
, 4|Page
- Public interest
- Establishment, exercise, or defensive legal claims
- Protection of vital interests of the data subject or other persons
- Transfer from a register of public information
- Legitimate interests of the controller
What are the six purposes of a supervisory authority? - ANSWER-
- Promote, monitor, enforce the GDPR
- Promote awareness
- Conduct investigations
