One of our more popular posts of the year was the recent Online Marketers’ Guide to Online Privacy. It focuses mostly on U.S. law with some mention of of the E.U. Safe Harbor issues. The purpose of this post is to host information regarding international online privacy issues. If you know a good resource for a country not listed, let me know and I will update this periodically.
E.U. Regulations and Reforms
Reforms to the transfer of data from the E.U. to the U.S. may be coming. You can also read here.
The importance of E.U. regulations for online business cannot be understated. We will monitor these developments. In the meantime, know the basics and check out the Department of Commerce’s Safe Harbor website.
Other Countries
Brazil
Kazakhstan
Malaysia
Mexico
South Korea
Other valuable resources
Hunton & Williams’ Privacy and Information Security Law Blog
Baker Hostetler’s Data Privacy Monitor
The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Deeplinks Blog
Hogan Lovells Chronicle of Data Protection
Let me know if I missed something and check back here later for details.
