The U.S.-E.U. Safe Harbor Between Present and Future Giovanni Buttarelli Secretary General, Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali Conference on Cross Border Data Flows & Privacy October 15-16, 2007 Washington, D.C.
The First Instrument Europe Focused Its Attention On 8 specific opinions by the WP : 7 years of intense, co-operative dialogue (visits, video-conferences, conference calls, three workshops in , in Washington and Brussels) Safe Harbor has not lost its vitality
A Few Issues Raised in the Past Transparency requirements Functioning of dispute resolution mechanisms Transparency of the relevant outcomes Integration of Safe Harbor Workbook Difficulties that may arise from the existence of multiple privacy policies declared by the same operator
Dead Waters? Pessimism or full satisfaction? Need for getting the full picture in terms of data, figures, information
More Food for Thought? Visibility of harborites privacy statements Legal status of the US entities involved in data transfers (controllers or processors) Clarifying some key concepts such as anonymous data or aggregate data Awareness by human resources of their rights and recourse options Desirability of jointly waging educational campaigns
A discussion Forum on Safe Harbor Open to the public
A Global Approach Global guidelines for the processing of personal data Charter of Venice (One World, One Privacy) Montreux Declaration (A Universal Right Respecting Diversities) London Initiative (25.Elaboration of an International Convention and other global instruments) Montreal Resolution on International Co-operation
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