EU data chiefs failed to report privacy complaints to US

US Federal Trade Commission bureau director says EU national data protection authorities had only referred four privacy complaints over the 15 years life span of Safe Harbour.

Jessica Rich, bureau director at the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said European national data authorities were supposed to alert the FTC of any possible violations under the scheme but they seldom did.

Country: Global

Domains: Privacy

Stakeholder: European Bodies

Tags: privacy violations, European Commission, data transfer, Safe Harbor, FTC, data protection, privacy, Internet

Posted on Thursday 22 October 2015

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