International Safe Harbor Privacy Principles
PROCESS FOR U.S. COMPANIES TO COMPLY WITH THE EU DIRECTIVE ON THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
US Safe Harbor; Safe Harbor Principles; Safe harbor arrangement; EU International Safe Harbor Privacy Principles; Safe Harbor arrangement; US-EU Safe Harbor; Safe Harbour Decision
The International Safe Harbor Privacy Principles or Safe Harbour Privacy Principles were principles developed between 1998 and 2000 in order to prevent private organizations within the European Union or United States which store customer data from accidentally disclosing or losing personal information. They were overturned on October 6, 2015 by the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which enabled some US companies to comply with privacy laws protecting European Union and Swiss citizens.