[privacy] Push Intensifies for Personal Data Rules Change

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via InfoWorld.

[snip]

Calls for a change to international rules on data transfers intensified
Monday when two leading trade associations called on U.S. and European
Union decision-makers to take action.

The American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU) and
the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) "urgently call upon
decision-makers on both sides of the Atlantic to deliver real progress
on international transfers of personal data, a matter of growing
concern for businesses worldwide," the trade groups said in a statement.

The call for action comes as more and more companies face legal
uncertainty sparked by the very different approach to data privacy in
the U.S. and Europe.

In recent weeks SWIFT, a Belgian financial data transfer company, has
been found guilty of handing over personal data to U.S. authorities in
breach of European data protection laws. SWIFT was forced to hand over
the data by U.S. officials investigating terrorist financing.

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More:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/10/23/HNdataruleschange_1.html

- ferg


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