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Bond Stone advises multinational corporations on cross-border personal data transfer compliance in Kazakhstan \u2014 the conditions under which personal data may be transferred outside Kazakhstan, adequate jurisdiction requirements, data subject consent for non-adequate jurisdiction transfers, and contractual safeguards for intercompany data sharing arrangements.<\/p>\n
Primary authority: Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Personal Data and Its Protection” No. 94-V dated 21 May 2013 (as amended by Law No. 231-VIII dated 17 November 2025). Verify at adilet.zan.kz<\/a><\/p>\n Cross-border transfer framework<\/p>\n Law No. 94-V permits cross-border transfers of personal data \u2014 provided the receiving country ensures adequate protection of personal data rights. Kazakhstan does not maintain a published list of adequate countries, which means that businesses must conduct their own adequacy assessment for the receiving jurisdiction before transferring personal data. Where the receiving country is not considered adequate, transfer is still permissible with the data subject’s explicit consent or where required by law or international treaty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Adequate jurisdiction transfers<\/p>\n Personal data may be transferred to jurisdictions that ensure adequate protection of personal data. In practice, most EU member states, the UK, and jurisdictions with GDPR-equivalent regimes are considered adequate. However, since Kazakhstan does not publish an official adequacy list, Bond Stone advises on conducting jurisdiction-specific adequacy assessments before establishing cross-border data flows to non-obvious jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Non-adequate jurisdiction transfers \u2014 consent requirement<\/p>\n Where the receiving jurisdiction does not ensure adequate personal data protection, transfer requires the explicit, informed consent of the data subject. Consent must be specific, voluntary, and withdrawable at any time. Bond Stone advises on designing consent mechanisms for cross-border transfer scenarios \u2014 including employee data transfers to non-adequate group company locations and customer data transfers for international service delivery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Intercompany data sharing arrangements<\/p>\n Multinational groups operating in Kazakhstan frequently transfer personal data between group entities across jurisdictions \u2014 for HR platform consolidation, shared services, ERP systems, and data analytics. Bond Stone advises on structuring intragroup data sharing agreements (data processing agreements and controller-to-controller transfer agreements) compliant with Kazakhstan’s cross-border transfer requirements, alongside any localisation obligations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Interaction with localisation requirement<\/p>\n Cross-border transfer compliance is a separate requirement from data localisation \u2014 both must be satisfied simultaneously. The primary personal data database must be localised in Kazakhstan; subsequent cross-border transfers from the localised database are subject to the transfer requirements above. Bond Stone advises on managing both localisation and transfer compliance within the same data architecture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n EU-Kazakhstan Data Flow \u2014 Multinational<\/p>\n Cross-border Transfer \u00b7 Kazakhstan \u00b7 Corporate<\/p>\n Advising a European multinational on structuring EU-Kazakhstan data flows for its HR platform \u2014 adequacy analysis for EU \u2192 KZ and KZ \u2192 EU transfers, consent mechanisms for KZ employee data transferred to EU-hosted HR systems, and intragroup data transfer agreement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Non-adequate Jurisdiction \u2014 Consent Design<\/p>\n Cross-border Transfer \u00b7 Kazakhstan \u00b7 Technology<\/p>\n Advising a technology company on transferring Kazakhstan customer data to servers in a non-adequate jurisdiction \u2014 designing explicit consent mechanisms for transfer, consent capture at point of data collection, and withdrawal procedures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Intragroup Agreement \u2014 Global Group<\/p>\n Cross-border Transfer \u00b7 Kazakhstan \u00b7 Corporate<\/p>\n Drafting an intragroup data transfer agreement for a multinational group’s Kazakhstan subsidiary \u2014 covering cross-border HR data transfers to a shared services centre in a non-EU jurisdiction, with Kazakhstan-law-compliant consent and security annexes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n M&A \u2014 Cross-border Transfer Risk<\/p>\n Cross-border Transfer \u00b7 Kazakhstan \u00b7 M&A<\/p>\n Identifying cross-border transfer risks in M&A due diligence \u2014 reviewing the target’s international data flows, assessing whether transfers to foreign group entities were structured lawfully, and quantifying remediation cost.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Cloud Services \u2014 Transfer Analysis<\/p>\n Cross-border Transfer \u00b7 Kazakhstan \u00b7 Technology<\/p>\n Advising on the cross-border transfer implications of using a US-hosted cloud service for processing Kazakhstan personal data \u2014 adequacy analysis, supplementary safeguards, and consent requirements for Kazakhstani data subjects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n EAEU Data Flows<\/p>\n Cross-border Transfer \u00b7 Kazakhstan \u00b7 EAEU<\/p>\n Advising on data flows between Kazakhstan and other EAEU member states \u2014 Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia \u2014 in the context of EAEU data protection alignment and Kazakhstan’s domestic transfer requirements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Why Bond Stone<\/p>\n \u2726 \u00a0Data protection integrated into every market entry and M&A mandate<\/p>\n \u2726 \u00a0Ranked Legal 500 EMEA and IFLR1000 \u2014 Almaty and Astana offices<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Primary authority: adilet.zan.kz<\/a><\/p>\n Contact Bond Stone for a confidential discussion about Cross-border Data Transfers in Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udce7 info@bondstonelaw.com<\/a> Request a Confidential Consultation<\/a> DATA PROTECTION \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 KAZAKHSTAN Cross-border Data Transfers in Kazakhstan Bond Stone advises multinational corporations on cross-border personal data transfer compliance in Kazakhstan \u2014 the conditions under which personal data may be transferred outside Kazakhstan, adequate jurisdiction requirements, data subject consent for non-adequate jurisdiction transfers, and contractual safeguards for intercompany data sharing arrangements. 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