[EUObserver] Hundreds of US companies make false data protection claims

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Hundreds of US-based companies handling EU citizens’ data have lied about belonging to a data protection arrangement known as the Safe Harbour Framework

Christopher Connolly, a director at Galexia, an Australian-based consulting company on internet law and privacy, told the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee on Monday (7 October) that “many claims of Safe Harbour membership are false.”. […]

The Safe Harbour agreement, hammered out in 2000 between the European Commission and the US Department of Commerce, is supposed to ensure that firms follow EU data protection laws when processing the personal data of EU citizens. […]

http://euobserver.com/justice/121695