Blog Posts Tagged with U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework

When your privacy certification is Asia-Pacific specific

By: Lesley Fair | May 4, 2016 1:29PM

The privacy framework for transatlantic exchanges of personal data between the EU and the United States has been in the headlines lately. But are you and your clients staying on top of your obligations on the Pacific side? If your company certifies its compliance with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Cross Border Privacy Rules, a proposed FTC settlement with Very Incognito Technologies serves as a reminder to honor those promises.

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U.S.-EU Safe Harbor compliance: Don’t run aground

By: Lesley Fair | Aug 17, 2015 1:02PM

An app developer, a medical waste company, a skateboard event sponsor, a stock car racing school, and a bagel purveyor. That’s either the strangest answer to a Jeopardy! question – or a partial list of companies that just settled FTC charges that they falsely claimed they were certified members of the U.S.-EU or U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor Framework.

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Same time next year

By: Lesley Fair | Apr 7, 2015 11:10AM

Does your company participate in the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework? It’s a voluntary international privacy program administered by the Department of Commerce that lets companies transfer data from the EU to the U.S. in compliance with EU law. Of course, data security and privacy are everyday obligations for companies, but are you honoring one particular once-a-year provision? And what about promises you make regarding how you resolve consumer disputes?

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The long and short of it

By: Lesley Fair | Jun 27, 2014 3:03PM

Ahab hunts big fish.
Captain and whaling boat sink.
Ishmael prevails.

Sometimes you want to read all 209,117 words of Moby Dick.  Other times a haiku will do.  Sometimes you want an in-depth analysis of the FTC’s enforcement, rulemaking, research, education, and international efforts related to privacy and data security.  Other times a summary will suffice.

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Has your company taken this selfie lately?

By: Lesley Fair | May 9, 2014 12:39PM

The company name may be American Apparel, but commerce is global, especially in the fashion industry.  If a business says it abides by the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor for transferring consumer data, companies have an obligation to live up to that promise.  American Apparel, the popular clothing retailer, is the latest company to be the subject of FTC law enforcement for claiming it was in compliance with the framework, but failing to conduct the required annual self-cer

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The best 30-second investment you’ll make all day

By: Lesley Fair | Feb 11, 2014 9:47AM

Familiar with Fantage?  If you have kids, they probably are.  It’s a MMORPG – a massively multiplayer online role-playing game – where millions of children customize avatars to play online games in a virtual world.  According to the FTC, there are a few more initials this MMORPG will want to be mindful of in the future:  the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework.

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Enforceable Codes of Conduct: Protecting Consumers Across Borders

By: Keith Fentonmiller | Nov 21, 2012 10:18AM

Business has gone global, but how should consumers be protected when transactions cross borders?  The FTC is hosting a forum on Thursday, November 29, 2012, to talk about the role of enforceable industry codes of conduct to protect consumers in cross-border commerce.  What’s on the agenda?  Systems where government entities, businesses, consumer groups, and others develop and administer voluntary procedures that govern areas outside of traditional government oversight.

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New privacy system for movement of consumer data between US & Asia-Pacific economies

By: Markus Heyder | Nov 16, 2011 12:34PM

If your company does business in the Asia-Pacific region — or if you work with clients from that part of the global economy — you’ll want to follow recent developments in the privacy arena. This week, the FTC welcomed the approval by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) of a new initiative to harmonize cross-border data privacy protection among members of APEC.

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