Re[2]: [ga] We can't be against it?

[William X Walsh <william@userfriendly.com>]

Tuesday, Tuesday, October 02, 2001, 12:06:58 PM, Sandy Harris wrote:

> Roberto Gaetano wrote:

>> One of the 5 testbed Registrars raised the problem that EU policy prevented
>> confidential business data to be exported to the US, and proposed a trusted
>> third party in Europe, at least for data belonging to European Registrars.

> My understanding is that, at least for personal data, European privacy law
> makes it illegal to export data to a country without adequate (by European
> legal definition) privacy measures in place. For example, a European branch
> of a US-based bank cannot legally send such data to a US head office.

> Last I heard, the US had proposed a 'compromise' involving some 'safe harbour'
> provisions and Europe had rejected it. Is my information out of date?

Sounds like the the EU needs to pass an exemption regarding domain
registration information, or it may force ICANN not to accredit
European companies as registrars.

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