# Right of access by the data subject 15(2) — GDPR — provision context

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Part of **Right of access by the data subject** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-15).

## Provision text

### 15(2)

Where personal data are transferred to a third country or to an international organisation, the data subject shall have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Article 46 relating to the transfer.


## Topics on this provision

- **Fairness & Transparency** — https://overview.legal/topics/fairness-transparency-principle
  Fairness and transparency are co-principles with lawfulness in Article 5(1)(a) GDPR and are inseparable from the concept of lawful processing, deserving dedicat
- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2016.#Tele2 Sverige AB v Post- och telestyrelsen and Secretary of State for the Home Department v Tom Watson and Others.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Kammarrätten i Stockholm and the Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division).#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Electronic communications — Processing of personal data — Confidentiality of electronic communications — Protection — Directive 2002/58/EC — Articles 5, 6 and 9** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132351
- **Meta Platforms and Others v Bundeskartellamt** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51482
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 13 November 2025.#Inteligo Media SA v Autoritatea Naţională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP).#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bucureşti.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 13(1) and (2) – Unsolicited communications – Concept of communication ‘for the purposes of di** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132132
- **French Supreme Court upholds €8M CNIL fine against Apple for App Store ad tracking** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/122852
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 4 September 2025.#European Data Protection Supervisor v Single Resolution Board.#Appeal – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Procedure for granting compensation to shareholders and creditors of a banking institution following the resolution of that institution – Decision of the European Data Protection Supervisor finding that the Single Resolution Board failed to fulfil its obligations relating to the processing** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132136
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 March 2024.#RL v Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Regulation (EU) 2019/1157 – Strengthening the security of identity cards of EU citizens – Validity – Legal basis – Article 21(2) TFEU – Article 77(3) TFEU – Regulation (EU) 2019/1157 – Article 3(5) – Obligation for Member States to include two fingerprints in interoperable digital formats in the stora** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132266
- **Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 13 June 2024.#Criminal proceedings against HYA and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski gradski sad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Telecommunications sector – Processing of personal data and the protection of privacy – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 15(1) – Restriction of the confidentiality of electronic communications – Judicial decision authorising listening, tapping and storage in respect of telephone conversations of pers** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132256
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 13 November 2025.#Inteligo Media SA v Autoritatea Naţională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP).#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bucureşti.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 13(1) and (2) – Unsolicited communications – Concept of communication ‘for the purposes of di** ¶33 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132132
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 13 November 2025.#Inteligo Media SA v Autoritatea Naţională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP).#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bucureşti.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 13(1) and (2) – Unsolicited communications – Concept of communication ‘for the purposes of di** ¶1 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132132
- **Meta Platforms and Others v Bundeskartellamt** ¶72 (case-law, CJEU) — https://overview.legal/posts/51482
- **Meta Platforms and Others v Bundeskartellamt** ¶0 (case-law, CJEU) — https://overview.legal/posts/51482
- **Meta Platforms and Others v Bundeskartellamt** ¶3 (case-law, CJEU) — https://overview.legal/posts/51482

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