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Date: 1998-10-21
EU-Datenschutz: Handelskrieg mit USA befürchtet-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- updating 98.10.8/3 EU-Datenschutz: Handelskrieg mit USA befürchtet Das Inkraft/treten der EU-Datenschutzverordnung wird immer mehr zum Thema in den US-Medien, je näher der 26. Oktober rückt. Es ist nicht auszuschliessen, dass mit diesem Datum ein schleichender Handelskrieg beginnt, der logischerweise vor allem internationale Unternehmen treffen wird. -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- Robert O'Harrow Jr. Business executives and government regulators have spent years noodling about whether new rules are needed to protect an individual's right to privacy in this information age. The European Union, by contrast, agreed to "harmonize" its member states' tough privacy protections three years ago, and regulations born of that agreement take effect next Monday, Oct. 26. That could be a big problem for many businesses on this side of the Atlantic. Under the new rules, the EU's 15 member countries are obliged to prohibit the transmission of names, addresses, ethnicity and other personal information to any country that fails to provide adequate data protection as defined under European law. ... Though no one expects the flow of information from Europe to stop suddenly on Monday, anxiety about the new laws is growing because no one is sure how they will be applied. Each country will have separate privacy laws that cover the mandates of the EU directive, and all have privacy agencies to oversee those laws. ... To weigh the task at hand, consider that Citibank alone has 7.7 million consumer accounts and about 9,000 employees in EU countries. ... American companies also may be prohibited from transferring work records of European employees. Moreover, direct marketers could face sharp limitations on how they use lists of potential customers. ... "It holds the potential for leading to disruptions in the flow of data," said David Aaron, undersecretary for international trade at the Department of Commerce, who has been involved in talks with officials from the European Commission. "This could have a major impact." ... "The mood now is cautiously optimistic," said Harriet Pearson, director of public affairs for IBM. Pearson said IBM has been working for more than a year to prepare for the regulations and is in good shape to comply. But she added that many questions remain unanswered for large and small companies alike. "It's a very uncertain equation at this point," she said. full text http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- srv/frompost/oct98/privacy20.htm -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- edited by published on: 1998-10-21 comments to office@quintessenz.at subscribe Newsletter - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- 
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