Increased Use of Safe Harbor:
As of the fall of 2002, 247 companies had self-certified for
the EU Data directive safe harbor. For current statistics,
see http://www.export.gov/safeharbor.
Ralph Folsom, European Union Law in a Nutshell a quick
and easy
introduction to the law of the EU
Peter Swire and Robert Litan, None of Your Business:
World Data Flows,
Electronic Commerce, & the European Privacy Directive
(1998) careful
analysis of the interation between the EU data directive
and American law
and practice.
Christopher Millard and Mark Ford, Data Protection
Laws of the World (2000)
-- information on all major data-protection laws now
in force around the
world
http://wood.ccta.gov.uk/dpr/dpdoc.nsf
-- a useful guide for small-business
compliance, published by the Information Commissioner
as Internet:
Protection of Privacy - Data Contollers (Version 4)
(January 2000)
http://www.export.gov/safeharbor/checklist.htm
-- A "safe harbor workbook"
published by the United States Department of Commerce
to help American
companies through the process of safe-harbor compliance