# Derogations for specific situations 49(a) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (49(a)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-49#par-1-pnt-a
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Part of **Derogations for specific situations** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-49).

## Provision text

### 49(a)

the data subject has explicitly consented to the proposed transfer, after having been informed of the possible risks of such transfers for the data subject due to the absence of an adequacy decision and appropriate safeguards;


## Topics on this provision

- **International Transfer** — https://overview.legal/topics/internationale-doorgifte
  Transfer of personal data outside the EU/EEA
- **Privacy Shield** — https://overview.legal/topics/privacy-shield
  Former EU-US data transfer framework (invalidated)
- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Data Protection Regulation and International Arbitration: Can There Be Harmonious Coexistence (with the GDPR Requirements Concerning Cross-Border Data Transfer)?** (literature) — https://overview.legal/posts/132548

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