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                Date: 1998-11-10
                 
                 
                EU-Datenschutz: USA lenken ein
                
                 
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      q/depesche  98.11.10/1 
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. 
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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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