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What is the US EU Safe Harbor?

What is the US EU Safe Harbor?

In the late 1990s, the United States and the EU negotiated the Safe Harbor Agreement of 2000 to allow U.S. companies and organizations to meet EU data protection requirements and permit the legal transfer of personal data between EU member countries and the United States.

What is the Safe Harbor program?

The PrivacyTrust (formerly eTrust) Safe Harbor program was designed to assist companies self-certifying to the U.S. Department of Commerce that they comply with the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework and/or the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor frameworks as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

How does the safe harbor agreement help Europeans?

The new arrangement will provide stronger obligations on companies in the U.S. to protect the personal data of Europeans and stronger monitoring and enforcement by the U.S. Department of Commerce and Federal Trade Commission, including through increased cooperation with European Data Protection Authorities.

When did the safe harbor framework change to Privacy Shield?

Update on the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework. On July 12, 2016, the European Commission issued an adequacy decision on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. This new Framework, which replaces the Safe Harbor program, provides a legal mechanism for companies to transfer personal data from the EU to the United States.

What was the European Court of Justice decision on safe harbor?

On October 6, 2015, the European Court of Justice issued a judgment declaring invalid the European Commission’s July 26, 2000 decision on the legal adequacy of the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework. On July 12, 2016, the European Commission issued an adequacy decision on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework.

How does safe harbor work in the US?

The Safe Harbor principles set up by the U.S. Department of Commerce to comply with the EU-prescribed ‘Data Protection Directive’ allows personal data sent from an organisation, subsidiary company or government in the EEA to the United States.

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