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 updating       98.10.21/1
 
 
 EU-Datenschutz: USA lenken ein
 
 Die sieben Regeln für US-Firmen im Umgang mit dem neuen
 EU-weiten Datenschutzgesetz sind eingestandenermassen
 nur ein Anfang, aber sie deuten draufhin, dass die US-
 Administration von ihrem Beharren auf der totalen
 Selbstkontrolle durch die Industrie abgehen will. "Das letzte
 was wir für den E-Commerce brauchen können, ist eine
 Unterbrechung des transatlantischen Datenaustauschs
 sprach William Daley, Handelsminister der USA.
 
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 November 10, 1998 The Clinton administration has released a
 proposed voluntary approach for U.S. companies to meet the
 requirements of European privacy laws.
 
 The lack of comprehensive privacy laws in the United States
 has raised the specter of a major trade dispute with the
 European Union over Europe's privacy directive, which took
 effect last month.
 ...
 In the U.S. proposal, the administration would consider
 companies that abide by seven privacy principles to be
 meeting the European requirements.
 
 A Commerce Department official said the seven principles
 reflect the administration's previous discussions with U.S.
 companies, but had not been approved by European officials.
 ''We're really in the infancy stage,'' the official said.
 
 Under the EU directive, European companies may be
 prohibited from exchanging data with companies in other
 countries that do not provide adequate protection of data
 privacy.
 ....
 Under the administration's proposal, consumers must be told
 what information a company collects and how it is used. The
 consumer should be allowed to prevent data from being
 collected or distributed and would have an opportunity to
 correct inaccurate information.
 ....
 U.S. privacy advocate Marc Rotenberg said the public
 release of the seven principles might be an indication that the
 administration is ready to move away from the voluntary,
 industry-led approach.
 ...
 After failing to persuade the Europeans to accept voluntary
 standards, "they painted themselves into a corner and they're
 trying to create space to look at other options,'' he added.
 ....
 Commerce Secretary William Daley said in a speech at the
 conference that negotiations over the privacy directive could
 be completed by the end of the year. "The last thing we need
 is disruption of electronic commerce across the Atlantic,''
 Daley said.
 
 Source: Reuters Limited.
 
 Full story
 http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,28510,00.html
 
 
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