BNA INTERVIEW: Damon Greer, Former Director, U.S.-EU and U.S.-Switzerland Safe Harbor Programs

Damon C. Greer, director of the U.S.-EU & Swiss Safe Harbor Frameworks for the U.S. Department of Commerce from 2006 until the fall of 2011, sat down recently with the editors of BNA’s PSLR to discuss his tenure at the helm of the Safe Harbor programs…

In Significant Move to Global Interoperability, APEC Leaders Approve Cross-Border Data Transfer Rules

The recent approval of new cross-border data transfer privacy rules by Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ministers is a significant step toward a global system for transferring personal information despite a dizzying array of disparate data privacy regimes…

FTC Voted in as Full Member of Global Data Privacy Commissioners Group

After years on the sidelines, the Federal Trade Commission Oct. 29 moved from a nonvoting observer to a full member of a group of international government privacy commissioners that meet annually to confer on…

Special Report: Commerce Department Urged by Commenters to Protect Web Innovation from Rigid Privacy Rules

A recent Commerce Department request for public comments on privacy and e-commerce issues drew an overwhelming response from the business community, with…