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EU: DATA PROTECTION: Hundreds of US companies make false data protection claims

09 October 2013

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"Hundreds of US-based companies handling EU citizens' data have lied about belonging to a data protection arrangement known as the Safe Harbour Framework.
Christopher Connolly, a director at Galexia, an Australian-based consulting company on internet law and privacy, told the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee on Monday (7 October) that “many claims of Safe Harbour membership are false.”"

See the full story: Hundreds of US companies make false data protection claims (euobserver, link)

And see: EU/US Safe Harbor – Effectiveness of the Framework in relation to National Security Surveillance (pdf) presentation by Chris Connolly (Galexia) to the LIBE Committee hearing on “Electronic mass surveillance of EU citizens”.

Also see Statewatch Observatory: EU-USA Data Surveillance

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