Twelve businesses agreed to settle FTC complaints they...
Twelve businesses agreed to settle FTC complaints they falsely claimed they were compliant with the U.S.-EU safe harbor agreement, said an FTC release Tuesday (http://1.usa.gov/KDG81F). Companies certified under the safe harbor agreement can transfer consumer data from the European Union…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today!
to the U.S. in compliance with EU data security laws, said the FTC. “Enforcement of the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework is a Commission priority,” said FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez in a statement. The companies involved span a number of industries, including peer-to-peer product maker BitTorrent Inc., Internet backbone provider Level 3, encrypted email and file transfer service DataMotion and mobile app designer Apperian. “These 12 cases help ensure the integrity of the Safe Harbor Framework and send the signal to companies that they cannot falsely claim participation in the program,” Ramirez said. Under the settlement, the companies can no longer misrepresent their participation “in any privacy or data security program sponsored by the government or any other self-regulatory or standard-setting organization,” the FTC said. The FTC commissioners voted 4-0 in favor of accepting the consent agreements, which will be open to public comments until Feb. 20.