TRUSTe's online privacy seals can help your company certify with the EU Directive on Data Protection.

How Can TRUSTe Help Your Company Comply with the EU Safe Harbor Framework?

The TRUSTe EU Safe Harbor Certification Seal Program verifies your compliance with the Safe Harbor Framework, includes alternative dispute resolution, and helps your organization get ready for self-certification with the U.S. Department of Commerce. Displaying the TRUSTe  seal signals to consumers around the globe that you take their privacy seriously.

If you do business with European citizens, TRUSTe can help you certify your compliance with the EU Directive on Data Protection. The Directive prohibits the transfer of European citizens’ personal data to non-European Union nations that do not meet the EU’s “adequacy” standard for privacy protection.

The U.S. Department of Commerce, in concert with the European Commission, developed a “Safe Harbor Framework” that allows U.S. organization to comply with the Directive by abiding by a set of Safe Harbor Privacy Principles. Companies certify their compliance with these Principles on the U. S. Department of Commerce website. The Framework was approved by the EU in 2000 and gives companies that abide by the Principles assurance that the EU will consider their practices “adequate” privacy protections for EU citizens.