DSi has taken further steps to show our support of fair business & data protection practices through our participation and certification in the U.S. – European Union Safe Harbor Network.  The Safe Harbor Network essentially helps to ensure that data protection standards are adhered to, according to both sets of security frameworks.

If you would like more information about the Safe Harbor Framework please visit: Http://export.gov/safeharbor/

Here is the basic “Intro” information you will find on the main page of the above link, to better explain what the Safe Harbor Framework is:

The European Commission’s Directive on Data Protection went into effect in October of 1998, and would prohibit the transfer of personal data to non-European Union nations that do not meet the European “adequacy” standard for privacy protection. While the United States and the European Union share the goal of enhancing privacy protection for their citizens, the United States takes a different approach to privacy from that taken by the European Union.

In order to bridge these different privacy approaches and provide a streamlined means for U.S. organizations to comply with the Directive, the U.S. Department of Commerce in consultation with the European Commission developed a “Safe Harbor” framework and this website to provide the information an organization should need to evaluate – and then join – the Safe Harbor.

U.S. – European Union Safe Harbor Framework

U.S. – Switzerland Safe Harbor Framework