US/EU Safe Harbor Agreement: What It Is and What It Says About the Future of Cross Border Data Protection (2003) resource Articles Member contributionOCEG Reviewed
The Privacy Directive directed EU member States to prohibit transmissions of personal data to any entity that did not agree to provide similar protections.A speech by The Honorable Mozelle W. Thompson, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission and reprinted in Privacy Regulation (Spring 2003.)
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Western Hemisphere Data Protection Laws (2010) resource Agency Guidances OCEG Reviewed
The following chart was developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce in order to provide information on national data protection laws that have either been enacted or are currently under consideration around the world. The following does not address sectoral laws, local laws, criminal/civil code provisions, or constitutional provisions that may address data protection.
