
Safe Harbor is an agreement as a result of "The European Commission’s Directive on Data Protection that
went into effect in October of 1998, and would prohibit the transfer of personal data to
non-European Union nations that do not meet the European “adequacy” standard for privacy protection. While the
United States and the European Union share the goal of enhancing privacy protection for their
citizens, the United States takes a different approach to privacy from that taken by the
European Union.
In order to bridge these different privacy approaches and
provide a streamlined means for U.S. organizations to comply
with the Directive, the U.S. Department of Commerce in consultation
with the European Commission developed a "Safe Harbor" framework and
this website to provide the information an organization should need to
evaluate – and then join – the Safe Harbor."
Our partner Communique Kaleidoscope, Inc. joined the Safe Harbor agreement in July 2005,
all our data hosted with Communique Kaleidoscope, Inc. is managed under
this Safe Harbor
Agreement. Click on the
button above for registration details: