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EU-US Safe Harbor
December 2009
Christopher Wolf
Partner
Hogan Lovells |
In a nutshell, what is the EU-US Safe Harbor, to whom does it apply and who enforces it?
As your readers know, the EU Directive on Data Protection went into effect in October 1998. In addition to the protections it provides persons in the EU, the Directive prohibits the transfer of personal data from EU countries to non-EU nations that lack "adequate" privacy protections. That prohibition on cross-border data transfer has the potential of interfering with global commerce.
Other topics of interest in this interview include:
- FTC settlements regarding international privacy framework
- Enforcement since the Safe Harbor arrangement
- Expected FTC activities related to the Safe Harbor framework
- Alternate methods of transferring data from the EU to the US
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