Background
The European Union has for many years had a formalised system of Privacy legislation, which is regarded as more rigorous than that found in many other areas of the world.
Companies operating in the European Union are not allowed to send personal data to countries outside the European Economic Area unless there is a guarantee that it will receive equivalent levels of protection.
Such protection can either be at a country level (if the country's laws are considered to offer equal protection) or at an organizational level (where a multinational organization produces and documents its internal controls on personal data).
The Safe Harbor Privacy Principles allows US companies to register their certification if they meet the European Union requirements.
Read more about this topic: International Safe Harbor Privacy Principles
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