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Another obstacle are the EU privacy laws. Don't get me wrong; I _like_ the fact the EU has privacy laws, and I personally wish the United States would do a litt
by ekidd 16y ago
Another obstacle are the EU privacy laws. Don't get me wrong; I _like_ the fact the EU has privacy laws, and I personally wish the United States would do a little more in this area (always assuming, of course, that Congress didn't screw it up totally).
But when I ask our lawyer about it, he starts talking about Safe Harbor certification and all sorts of other fun stuff. For us, this isn't a problem—we're in an industry where certifications are generally useful—but for a consumer internet company, it's one more thing you need to figure out.
- fun2have 16y agoThe easiest way of covering the basics of EU privacy law is to register in one of the countries of the EU. If you are registered in one you are covered by all. This is far simpler then going down the safe harbour route. The UK is quite simple to register with. http://www.ico.gov.uk/ http://www.ico.gov.uk/
- ojilles 16y agoNot entirely all that's to be done. You can't just export data from the EU to the US as the US has less stringent data protection rules. (This is unless you meant "to register" as "to host")
- fun2have 16y agoYou can export the data to the USA as long as 1) the receiver is registered with one of the Data Protection Agencies in Europe or 2) as signed the model contract or 3) has signed up to the safe harbour. It is well worth looking through http://ec.europa.eu/justice/policies/privacy/docs/international_transfers_faq/international_transfers_faq.pdf http://ec.europa.eu/justice/policies/privacy/docs/internatio...