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Transfer Impact Assessment (TIA)

Learn how to conduct a Transfer Impact Assessment (TIA) with Dastra.

What is a TIA?

A Transfer Impact Assessment (TIA) is an analysis required when transferring personal data outside the EU/EEA to assess whether the destination country provides an essentially equivalent level of data protection. It is typically conducted alongside the implementation of a transfer mechanism such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs).

TIAs are recommended by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and are required in practice when relying on SCCs for international transfers.

TIA templates in Dastra

Dastra provides TIA templates in the questionnaire library, including:

  • Transfer Impact Assessment - TIA (outside EU/EEA): Dastra's standard TIA template (45 questions)

  • Data Transfer Impact Assessment (DTIA): a more comprehensive template (96 questions)

To access these templates, go to the "Questionnaire templates" tab, click "Create a template" → "Automated questionnaires", and search for "TIA".

Structure of a TIA questionnaire

A TIA questionnaire is typically structured around four steps:

  1. Understanding the Transfer — describe the transfer: exporter, importer, nature and purpose of the transfer

  2. Identifying the Transfer Tool Used — identify the legal mechanism used (SCCs, BCRs, adequacy decision, etc.)

  3. Assessing the Legislation and Practices of the Destination Country — evaluate the legal framework of the destination country, including data protection legislation, data subjects' rights, remedies and sanctions, laws allowing access to data, and essential guarantees

  4. Implementing Supplementary Measures — if the assessment reveals gaps, identify additional technical, contractual or organisational measures to bridge them

Creating a TIA directly from a processing activity

When editing a processing activity in Dastra, you can create a TIA directly from a recipient marked as a processor:

  1. Go to the Recipients tab of the processing activity

  2. Open a recipient and scroll to the transfer section

  3. Click "Create a transfer impact questionnaire (TIA)"

This automatically links the TIA response to the relevant transfer and recipient.

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