Safe Harbor (English for "„safe port "“) is a special data security agreement between the European union and the United States, which it makes for European enterprises possible to convey personal data legally into the USA.

The European data security guideline forbids it in principle transmitting personal data into states which have your-genuinly comparable data security level none. This applies to the USA, since this no comprehensive legal regulations know, which correspond to the standards of the European Union.

So that the data traffic between the USA and the European Union does not come to succumbing, became between 1998 and 2000 a special procedure develops. US enterprises can the Safe Harbor join and on the appropriate list of the US Ministry of Trade to be registered be able, if they obligate itself to consider the Safe in such a way specified Harbor Principles (English for "„principles of the safe port "“) and the appropriate - obligatory - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). In the year 2000 the European Union recognized that with the enterprises, which joined the Safe Harbor system a sufficient protection exists.

To the Safe Harbor enterprises among other things Microsoft, General of engine, Amazon.com, Google and Hewlett-Packard belong.

Literature

• Simon finch: Data security between state and market - "„the Safe Harbor "“- solution as result of a strategic interaction between the European Union, the USA and the IT-industry. Konstanz 2002. Download

Related links

• Website of the US Ministry of Trade to the Safe Harbor

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