The EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Agreement on Personal Data Privacy : In Brief.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative law.

Computer security.

Electronic surveillance.

Information services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (15 pages)) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2015.

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Summary:

Provides background on U.S. and EU approaches to data privacy and protection, and describes transatlantic data flows. Explains safe harbor agreement negotiated between the U.S. and EU in 2000, under which U.S. companies could self-certify annually to Department of Commerce that they have complied with the seven basic principles and related requirements that meet the EU data privacy adequacy standard. Discusses Oct. 6, 2015, Court of Justice of the European Union judgment that invalidated the safe harbor agreement as currently implemented. Examines efforts since 2013 to make safe harbor safer, in response to concerns raised after unauthorized disclosures of U.S. surveillance activities. Addresses current status of U.S.-EU safe harbor negotiation, future prospects for finalizing a new agreement, options for affected companies, and issues for Congress.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2015). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division. EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Agreement on Personal Data Privacy

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