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12 03 2008

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Department of Commerce Export Portal (DOC) - Safe Harbor: The European Commission’s Directive on Data Protection went into effect in October, 1998, and would prohibit the transfer of personal data to non-European Union nations that do not meet the European “adequacy” standard for privacy protection. While the United States and the European Union share the goal of enhancing privacy protection for their citizens, the United States takes a different approach to privacy from that taken by the European Union. This site provides information on the how the United States and the European Union reconcile their different approaches to allow for United States compliance with the European Union’s data protection directives.

Department of Justice (DOJ) Anti-Trust Division: This site, maintained by the DOJ Anti-Trust Division, contains important business resources for anti-trust related guidelines, policies and enforcement.

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Mergers And Acquisitions: This FTC site contains important resources for antitrust practitioners, and for businesses and consumers. The Bureau’s Premerger Notification Office administers the HSR program for both the FTC and DOJ, and provides technical assistance for those who may have filing obligations. The Bureau, in cooperation with DOJ, provides guidance to businesses on complying with antitrust laws through the publication of Merger Guidelines and additional policy statements on Merger Best Practices. Finally, the Bureau issues annual reports detailing its enforcement accomplishments.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA): FINRA is the largest non-governmental regulator for all securities firms doing business in the United States. All told, FINRA oversees nearly 5,000 brokerage firms, about 172,000 branch offices and more than 676,000 registered securities representatives.

Security and Exchange Commission: This SEC resource provides links to releases concerning SEC rulemaking activity, including concept releases, proposed rules, final rules, interpretive releases, and policy statements. It also links to announcements concerning SRO rulemaking, PCAOB rulemaking, instructions for Exchange Act Exemptive Applications, other Commission notices, and public petitions for rulemaking submitted to the SEC.

European Legal Sources On Data Protection

Taken From The Legally eHealth Report By The European Commission (3/08)

Directive 95/46/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regards to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.

Directive 2002/58/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector.

Directive 2006/24/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks.

Amending Directive 2002/58/EC Regulation (EC) No. 45/2001 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community, institutions, and bodies, and on the free movement of such data.

The Convention n°108 of the Council of Europe for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, adopted on 28 January 1981.

Convention n°164 for the protection of Human Rights and dignity of the human being with regard to the application of biology and medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine and its Additional Protocols.

Recommendation (97) 5 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the protection of medical data, adopted on 13 February 1997.

Recommendation (83) 10 of the Committee of Ministers on the protection of personal data used for scientific research and statistics, adopted on 23 September 1983.

Recommendation (97) 18 of the Committee of Ministers of Members States concerning the protection of personal data collected and processed for statistical purposes, adopted on 30 September 1997.

Recommendation (99) 5 of the Committee of Ministers of Members States for the protection of privacy on the Internet, adopted on 23 February 1999.

Communication 2004 (356) from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European economic and social committee, and the committee of the regions, “eHealth - Making Healthcare Better for European Citizens: An Action Plan for a European eHealth Area”.

Opinion n°13 (1999) of the European Group on ethics in science and new technologies on ethical issues of healthcare in the information society.

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