In order to remove potential obstacles to personal data flows and to ensure a high level of protection within the EU, data protection legislation has been harmonised. The Commission also engages in dialogues with non-EU countries.
This free online tool has been designed to help companies, organisations and individuals develop privacy policies and statements for display on their Web sites.
The safe harbor -- approved by the EU in 2000-- is an important way for U.S. companies to avoid experiencing interruptions in their business dealings with the EU or facing prosecution by European authorities under European privacy laws.
In order to remove potential obstacles to personal data flows and to ensure a high level of protection within the EU, data protection legislation has been harmonised. The Commission also engages in dialogues with non-EU countries.
This inventory was prepared by the secretariat to survey the available instruments and mechanisms (including law, self-regulation, contracts and technology) contributing to the implementation and enforcement ...
This page has been created to provide organisations and individuals using the OECD Privacy Statement Generator with information about international instruments and national regulations which apply to the ...
Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data (Privacy Guidelines) were adopted on 23 September 1980 as a Recommendation of the Council of the Organisation for Economic ...