I live in the EU and the company I work at has been bought out by an american company. They now want me to sign a document that lets them transfer my personal data from my employer to the USA. They want my Name, full address and birthday. It says that they need this for some “compliance regulation” which includes the prevention of terrorism (the ol’ classic). I feel uncomfortable giving them “explicit permission” to share this data even if it is done under “highest possible security measures” which, if they are not possible, might as well be none. I just started my apprenticeship, so they could fire me without providing a reason if I do not sign. Any help is well appreciated.
This is required by GDPR. If the company wants to keep centralized employee records, likely where they are based in the US, GDPR requires them to get permission from EU citizens to do so.
The information they’re trying to store is public record, no government agency anywhere needs that provided to them.