Create a data transfer

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title: Create a data transfer
description: Record a data transfer directly on a processing activity if it wasn't captured as part of a hierarchy relationship.
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release: australia
product: Privacy Workspace
classification: privacy-workspace
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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keywords: [data transfer, transfer mechanism]
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# Create a data transfer

Record a data transfer directly on a processing activity if it wasn't captured as part of a hierarchy relationship.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_privacy.analyst

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Workspaces** > **Privacy Workspace**.

2.  Select the List icon \[Omitted image "ListsIcon.jpg"\] Alt text:.

3.  In the **Lists** tab, navigate to **Processing activities** > **All processing activities**.

4.  Open the processing activity.

5.  Navigate to **Regulatory details** > **Data transfers**.

6.  Select **Add**.

7.  In the Add data transfer form, fill in the fields.

    |Field|Description|
    |-----|-----------|
    |From location|Location from where the data is being transferred.|
    |To location|Location to where the data is being transferred.|
    |Transfer mechanism|Legal safeguard that permits the cross-border data transfer. For example, `Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs)`, `Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)`.|
    |Description|Description of the data transfer.|

8.  Select **Save**.


## Result

The data transfer record appears in the **Regulatory details** > **Data transfers** tab of the processing activity.

**Parent Topic:**[Manage data transfers](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/privacy-workspace/data-transfers.md)