A transfer risk assessment and the four completed tables. Together these are everything you need to put the official ICO agreement in place.
Read this before anything else. The IDTA is a prescribed form — you don't draft it, you fill it in.
It has four parts. Part 1 is the tables (that's the part below, completed for you). Part 2 is extra protection clauses, Part 3 commercial clauses, and Part 4 is the Mandatory Clauses, which the ICO says cannot be amended.
So: download the current IDTA from ico.org.uk, paste the tables below into Part 1, sign it, and leave Part 4 exactly as it is. Don't use a copy of the mandatory clauses from anywhere else, including from me — the ICO has said it intends to update the IDTA during 2026, so take it from source on the day you sign.
The TRA comes first. You have to have done the risk assessment before you rely on the IDTA. That's the document below, and it's the part that takes actual thought.
Why this is needed at all
UK data protection law restricts sending personal data outside the UK unless the destination is covered by an adequacy decision or you put an approved safeguard in place.
Peru is not on the UK adequacy list
Checked against the ICO's list on 16 August 2026. It covers Andorra, Argentina, the Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Israel, Jersey, New Zealand, Switzerland, Uruguay, South Korea, plus Canada under PIPEDA and Japan under APPI.
Peru isn't there. So every time Andrés touches personal data belonging to a UK client, that's a restricted transfer and it needs the IDTA plus a completed TRA behind it.
Part one · the transfer risk assessment
This is the substantive document. It's the one that shows you thought about it rather than just signing a form. Keep it on file — you don't send it to anyone unless asked.
Transfer risk assessment
TRANSFER RISK ASSESSMENT
UK → Peru · Saltwork
Prepared by: [YOUR FULL LEGAL NAME], trading as Saltwork
Date: [DATE]
Review due: [DATE + 12 MONTHS], or sooner if the transfer changes
1. WHAT IS BEING TRANSFERRED, AND WHY
1.1 Saltwork builds and maintains websites and custom software for business
clients in the United Kingdom. Development work is carried out with a
developer based in Lima, Peru, engaged under written contract.
1.2 In the course of that work the developer may access personal data held
by or on behalf of Saltwork's clients.
1.3 For each client engagement:
- the client is the controller
- Saltwork is the processor
- the developer in Peru is a sub-processor
1.4 Clients authorise the use of sub-processors in the services agreement,
and are told that a developer based in Peru is one of them.
2. THE DATA ITSELF
2.1 Categories of personal data:
- business contact details of client staff (name, work email,
work phone, job title)
- contact details submitted through client website forms
- website analytics data, including IP address
- correspondence relating to the work
2.2 No special category data under Article 9 is transferred. No criminal
offence data. No financial account data. No data relating to children.
[If a specific client engagement WOULD involve any of the above,
this assessment must be redone for that engagement before work starts.]
2.3 Volume is low. These are small and medium businesses, and the data
involved is incidental to building and maintaining their systems
rather than the purpose of it.
2.4 Frequency: ongoing for the duration of each engagement.
3. IS THE IDTA ENFORCEABLE IN PERU?
3.1 Peru is a civil law jurisdiction in which contracts freely entered into
between parties are binding and enforceable through the courts.
3.2 The importer is an individual resident and economically established in
Peru, holding assets and operating businesses there. He is therefore
realistically reachable by legal process, which is not always the case
with overseas importers.
3.3 The IDTA is governed by the law of England and Wales. A judgment
obtained here would need to be recognised in Peru to be enforced
against the importer directly, which adds cost and delay.
3.4 Mitigating this: the commercial relationship is direct, continuous and
personal rather than arm's length, and the exporter can suspend or end
it immediately. In practice that is a faster and more effective remedy
than litigation, and it is available at any time.
4. WOULD PERUVIAN LAW OR PRACTICE UNDERMINE THE PROTECTIONS?
4.1 Peru has comprehensive data protection legislation: Ley N° 29733, the
Personal Data Protection Act, together with its regulation approved by
Supreme Decree 016-2024-JUS, which came into force on 31 March 2025 and
replaced the earlier 2013 regulation.
4.2 The 2025 regulation strengthened the regime significantly. It
introduced mandatory data protection officers, breach notification
within 48 hours, data portability, de-indexing rights, and extended
extraterritorial reach.
4.3 There is an independent supervisory authority, the Autoridad Nacional
de Protección de Datos Personales, within the Ministry of Justice. It
is demonstrably active rather than nominal: it carried out
approximately 760 enforcement actions during 2025.
4.4 Data subjects have rights of access, rectification, erasure and
objection under Peruvian law, broadly comparable in substance to those
under UK GDPR, and a route to complain to the supervisory authority.
4.5 Conclusion on this limb: Peruvian law does not undermine the
protections in the IDTA. It reinforces them. Peru's absence from the
UK adequacy list reflects the fact that no adequacy assessment has
been concluded, not a finding that its regime is inadequate.
5. RISK OF ACCESS BY PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
5.1 The data is ordinary business contact information and website
analytics for small UK businesses. It is of no foreseeable interest to
any Peruvian public authority.
5.2 Peru does not operate a bulk foreign intelligence collection programme
of the kind that has driven adequacy concerns about other countries.
5.3 Any access by a Peruvian authority would require domestic legal
process, which is subject to judicial oversight.
5.4 Residual risk assessed as LOW.
6. TECHNICAL AND ORGANISATIONAL MEASURES
6.1 Access to client systems is by individual named accounts with
multi-factor authentication. Shared credentials are not used.
6.2 Data in transit is encrypted using TLS. Data at rest on the importer's
devices is protected by full-disk encryption.
6.3 Production data is not copied to local machines except where strictly
necessary for a specific task, and is deleted immediately afterwards.
6.4 Credentials and access keys are held in a password manager, never in
source code, and never transmitted over messaging applications.
6.5 Backups of work product are encrypted before leaving the device.
6.6 On termination of an engagement, access is revoked and any remaining
copies of client personal data are deleted.
6.7 The importer must notify the exporter of any suspected personal data
breach without undue delay and in any event within 24 hours, so that
the exporter can meet its own obligations to the client and to the ICO.
7. CONCLUSION
7.1 Taking together the low sensitivity and volume of the data, the
comprehensive and actively enforced Peruvian data protection regime,
the low risk of public authority access, the technical measures in
place, and the exporter's ability to suspend the transfer immediately,
the protections in the IDTA are not undermined by the transfer.
7.2 The transfer may proceed under the IDTA.
7.3 This assessment is to be reviewed annually, or immediately if:
- the categories of data change, particularly if special category
data becomes involved
- the volume increases materially
- Peruvian law changes in a way that affects the above
- the ICO issues a revised IDTA or updated TRA guidance
- a security incident occurs
Signed: ______________________________
[YOUR FULL LEGAL NAME], trading as Saltwork
Date: [DATE]
Part two · the four tables
These go into Part 1 of the official IDTA. Everything below is filled in except the yellow bits.
IDTA Tables 1–4
IDTA · PART 1 · TABLES
TABLE 1 — PARTIES AND SIGNATURES
Start date: [DATE]
The Exporter
Full legal name: [YOUR FULL LEGAL NAME]
Trading name: Saltwork
Main address: [YOUR UK SERVICE ADDRESS]
Official reg no: Not applicable — sole trader, not a registered company
Key contact: [YOUR NAME], hello@saltwork.co.uk
Signature: ______________________ Date: __________
The Importer
Full legal name: Andrés Salamé-Córdova Reina
Main address: [HIS FULL ADDRESS, LIMA, PERU]
Official reg no: RUC [RUC NUMBER]
Key contact: Andrés Salamé-Córdova Reina, [EMAIL]
Signature: ______________________ Date: __________
TABLE 2 — TRANSFER DETAILS
UK country's law that applies to this IDTA:
The law of England and Wales
Primary place for legal claims:
The courts of England and Wales
The Exporter acts as:
Processor (acting on the instructions of its clients, who are the
controllers)
The Importer acts as:
Processor (as sub-processor to the Exporter)
Whether UK GDPR applies to the Importer:
UK GDPR does not apply directly to the Importer's processing
Linked agreement:
The services agreement between the Exporter and each client, and the
written contract between the Exporter and the Importer dated
[DATE OF YOUR AGREEMENT WITH ANDRÉS]
Term:
From the start date above until the linked agreements end, or until
either party terminates this IDTA in accordance with the Mandatory
Clauses
Ending this IDTA when the Approved IDTA changes:
The Exporter may end this IDTA in accordance with Section 29 of the
Mandatory Clauses
Can the Importer make further transfers of the transferred data?
NO. The Importer may not transfer the data onward to any third party
without the Exporter's prior written consent.
Specific restrictions when the Importer may transfer on:
Not applicable — onward transfers are not permitted
Review dates:
Annually from the start date, and immediately on any change to the
nature, volume or sensitivity of the transferred data
TABLE 3 — TRANSFERRED DATA
Categories of transferred data:
- Business contact details of client personnel: name, job title,
work email address, work telephone number
- Contact details submitted by individuals through client website
forms: name, email address, telephone number, message content
- Website analytics data, including IP addresses and device
information
- Correspondence relating to the delivery of the services
Special category data:
None. The parties agree that no special category data under Article 9
UK GDPR, and no criminal offence data, will be transferred. If a
specific engagement would require it, the parties will complete a fresh
transfer risk assessment before that engagement begins.
Relevant data subjects:
- Employees and representatives of the Exporter's clients
- Individuals who contact the Exporter's clients through their websites
- Visitors to the Exporter's clients' websites
Purpose of the transfer:
Design, development, maintenance, hosting support and technical support
of websites and custom software on behalf of the Exporter's clients.
The Importer processes the data only on the Exporter's documented
instructions.
Data retention:
For the duration of the relevant client engagement. On termination the
Importer will delete all copies of the transferred data, and confirm
deletion in writing, unless UK law requires it to be kept.
TABLE 4 — SECURITY REQUIREMENTS
Security of transmission:
All transfers encrypted in transit using TLS 1.2 or above. No transfer
of personal data over messaging applications or unencrypted email.
Security of storage:
Full-disk encryption on all devices with access to the data. Encrypted
backups. Credentials held in a password manager, never in source code.
Security of processing:
Individual named accounts with multi-factor authentication. No shared
logins. Access limited to what is needed for the specific task.
Production data not copied locally except where strictly necessary,
and deleted immediately afterwards.
Organisational security measures:
Written contract between Exporter and Importer including
confidentiality obligations that survive termination. Access reviewed
on each engagement and revoked on completion.
Technical and organisational measures for onward transfers:
Not applicable — onward transfers are not permitted.
Personal data breach notification:
The Importer will notify the Exporter of any suspected personal data
breach without undue delay and in any event within 24 hours of becoming
aware of it, with sufficient detail for the Exporter to meet its own
obligations to its client and to the ICO.
What actually protects you here
Factor
Assessment
Why it matters
Peru's data protection law
Strong
Ley 29733 with the 2025 regulation: mandatory DPOs, 48-hour breach notification, portability. Recently modernised.
Supervisory authority
Active
Around 760 enforcement actions in 2025. A regulator that actually enforces, not one that exists on paper.
Sensitivity of the data
Low
Business contact details and analytics. No special category data, no financial data, no children's data.
Government access risk
Low
No bulk surveillance regime of the kind that has driven adequacy concerns elsewhere.
Enforceability against the importer
Moderate
A judgment would need recognising in Peru. Offset by being able to suspend the relationship immediately, which is faster than any court.
Adequacy status
Not listed
Which is exactly why the IDTA is needed. Absence from the list means no assessment has been concluded, not that the regime is poor.
The five steps
Fill in and sign the TRA. Do this first — the assessment has to exist before you rely on the IDTA. File it; you don't send it anywhere.
Download the current IDTA from ico.org.uk. Take it from source on the day, not from a saved copy.
Paste the tables into Part 1. Leave Part 4, the Mandatory Clauses, completely untouched.
Both sign it. You as exporter, Andrés as importer. Keep a scanned copy each.
Tell clients it exists. The services agreement already says a copy is available on request, so keep it somewhere you can find it.
One thing this buys you commercially
Any client big enough to have a procurement process will eventually ask how you handle data protection with an overseas developer. Most small agencies have no answer. Having a signed IDTA and a written TRA to hand turns an awkward question into a reason to trust you.
The honest caveat. The TRA above is a proper first draft with real, verified facts in it, and it's far more than most small agencies ever produce. But data protection is the one area where a mistake is expensive and quiet. Before the first client with real volumes of personal data, get a data protection solicitor to read the TRA once. It's a short job on something already written.