Wednesday, 26. May 2010
Topic: SECURITY - on May 26, 2010 at 12:38:00 PM CEST
German watchdog tells firms to do own US privacy checks
German privacy watchdogs have told companies to conduct their own checks of US companies' conduct before passing personal data to them, even if they are signed up to the EU-US 'Safe Harbor' data protection scheme.
The Düsseldorfer Kreis is an informal group of Germany's private sector data protection watchdogs. It has said that companies must not simply take US companies' word on their compliance with EU privacy principles if they plan to send personal data to them. They must make their own checks, the group said.
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