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…

BNA INSIGHTS: Mind the Gap: U.S. Discovery Demands versus EU Data Protection

The rising tide of globalization has meant that, more frequently than ever before, multinational corporations must navigate between U.S. litigation discovery demands seeking the production of documents and information located in the European Union and EU data protection requirements. The authors examine the arguments available in U.S. litigation for resolving conflicting laws, and suggest what they describe as a practical approach that lawyers and business people can take to try to navigate through the rocky shoals of U.S. discovery obligations (the proverbial “rock”) and EU data protection authorities (the proverbial “hard place”). Notwithstanding conflicting obligations, there are means today to navigate this legal morass, according to the authors, who suggest a way forward.

BNA INSIGHTS: The Top 10 Privacy and Security Developments to Watch in 2011

The message for corporate America on privacy and security is simple: you only need to worry about privacy and security laws and rules if you have customers or employees.
So, on the chance that your company meets this threshold, what are the primary issues to be watching in 2011?…

Making the FTC Look Tame: The EU Targets Behavioral Profiling

Last month, Europe took a major step toward a notice and opt-in regulatory model for behavioral advertising…