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Troubled waters in Safe Harbour
News A group representing consumers in the US and Europe said the "Safe Harbour" privacy provision between the European Union and the US government doesn't go far enough in protecting the rights of the citizens of either region.
[March 31, 2000, 9:16]
Groups take EU privacy fight public
News Commerce Department's recent "safe harbour" proposal doesn't go far enough to protect Internet users' data privacy. We do not feel that the safe harbour proposal provides adequate enforcement to safeguard the interests of European citizens," said...
[April 29, 1999, 14:09]
Europe takes a front seat in Net rulemaking
News The European Union bans the sale of customer information to marketers unless the company qualifies for a "safe harbour" exception -- a rule that could have major ripple effects for Salesforce.com and other US businesses.
[January 16, 2002, 14:49]
EU rejects US opposition to privacy directive
News Financial services were excluded from the original Safe Harbour agreement as the US Department of Commerce who negotiated the directive, does not regulate the American financial sector. This dilutes the practical benefits of Safe Harbour as it...
[May 8, 2001, 16:05]
Amazon accused of breaking data protection laws
News The Data Protection Commissioner is however confident that the Safe Harbour Agreement, drawn up in July by the EU and US Department of Commerce, is sufficient to protect the transmission of British consumers' data to America.
[September 19, 2000, 7:02]
AOL wins 'hostile code' ruling
News AOL said the application of the CDA's "safe harbour" provision was right in line with prior rulings. AOL said it was "proud" to have had a hand in crafting the safe harbour section. In what legal experts describe as a first, a US District Court has...
[January 23, 2003, 14:30]
Data protection laws still face uphill battle
News The US government used its position paper to praise the US-EU Safe Harbour framework, which allows transfer of personal data to businesses in non-EU countries, as long as they have agreed to abide by "adequate" protection measures.
[May 19, 2003, 16:24]
Bush attacks European privacy regulations
News Also at issue is what's known as "safe harbour," which doesn't cover financial institutions. Safe harbour is an arrangement negotiated by the Department of Commerce and the EU in which companies agree to abide by a set of guidelines dealing with...
[March 28, 2001, 8:48]
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[October 20, 2008, 8:00]
SAP claims success in seducing Oracle customers
News SAP started its Safe SAP Harbour programme to tempt customers to defect. Although the total number of new customers for the programme in the first half of this year was only 21 the "pipeline of safe passage deals is doubling every month", according...
[July 21, 2005, 15:10]
Husband-seeking dot-com exec ditched by eBay
News An eBay spokeswoman told ZDNet UK that the "Buy an Entrepreneur Wife" item was taken down as soon as the company became aware of it, as it violated its "Safe Harbour" rules that dictate what can be auctioned on eBay.
[December 14, 2001, 17:27]
Judge puts file swappers in hot seat
News Attorneys for defendants Kazaa, StreamCast Networks and Grokster had hoped to convince the judge that their products demonstrated sufficient legitimate uses to qualify for the "Betamax defense" -- a copyright safe harbour set by the US Supreme...
[March 5, 2002, 9:50]
Experts urge criminal charges for data breaches
News The "carrot", he suggested, could be a "safe harbour for organisations guaranteeing by audit" that they have the right data-protection procedures in place, thus becoming exempt from potential penalties should something go wrong.
[July 3, 2008, 17:17]
China joins anti-spam alliance
Talkback A nation not supporting this essential drive may be targeted as a “safe harbour” for committing various offences including spamming. HARMONISATION OF LAW IS THE KEY The solution to the problems posed by the use of Information Technology is the...
[July 5, 2005, 9:39]
Applied Materials to cut 12pc of workforce
News Applied Materials chief executive Mike Splinter noted in a press release that the company is working hard to build equipment for the solar industry, but there may be no safe harbour for a while. Chip-equipment maker Applied Materials is cutting 12...
[November 13, 2008, 10:30]
EC approves data flow with Canada
News A so-called Safe Harbour agreement came into effect last summer, which was designed to regulate transborder data flows from the EU to the US. The European Commission has ruled that Canada should be the third non-EU country to be allowed to transfer...
[January 9, 2002, 17:07]
Google asks Viacom to respect YouTube user privacy
News The case is important to internet users because it could help define the scope of the 'safe harbour' provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Viacom is getting its hands on some of YouTube's sensitive user data as a result of the...
[July 4, 2008, 11:10]
Google profits surge
News If you operate under this, companies have safe harbour. Google's third-quarter profit nearly doubled from a year ago as sales of keyword-related advertising continued to grow for the world's top Web search engine.
[October 20, 2006, 8:40]
Google wins source-code ruling in Viacom lawsuit
News The 'safe harbour' provision in the law can protect against infringement claims as long as copyrighted material is removed upon notification. Google has scored a legal victory in keeping its search source code secret from Viacom, but YouTube users...
[July 3, 2008, 15:07]
EU creates loophole for personal data transfers
News A so-called Safe Harbour agreement came into effect last summer, which was designed to regulate transborder data flows from the EU to the US. Countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) will be able to receive personal data from...
[January 24, 2002, 16:12]
