78. Amendment of section 117A of Act of 2018
The Act of 2018 is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 117A:
"117A.
(1) This section applies to a transfer of personal data by a controller or processor to a third country or an international organisation pursuant to Article 46 where the transfer is subject to appropriate safeguards provided for in the rules or clauses (in this section referred to as ‘relevant instruments’) set out in subsection (5).
(2) Without prejudice to any other remedy available to him or her, including his or her right to bring an action under section 117 or to lodge a complaint, a data subject whose personal data is included in a transfer referred to in subsection (1) may, where the transfer is subject to appropriate safeguards set out in a relevant instrument, enforce -
(a) any rights (whether described as third party beneficiary rights or otherwise) conferred on data subjects by, or any clauses or rules expressed to be for the benefit of data subjects in, the instrument concerned, and
(b) where that transfer is subject to any additional safeguards conferring rights on data subjects, those rights.
(3) An action to enforce any rights conferred on data subjects or any clauses or rules expressed to be for the benefit of data subjects referred to in subsection (2) -
(a) may be taken against -
(i) a party to the transfer referred to in subsection (1), or