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The European Union has been fairly aggressive and proactive in its approach to Privacy Law.  In 1995 the European Union (EU) passed a Data Protection Directive protecting personal information and harmonizing privacy laws among its member states.

This brief analyzes more than 40 United States Breach Notification laws, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and compares those requirements with EU Directives 2002/58/EC, 2002/21/EC, and the Data Protection Working Party Opinion 1/2009 on 2002/58/EC proposed amendments. This brief does not address individual EU member states' implementations of EU Directives 2002/58/EC and 2002/21/EC.


When performing international data transfers, this includes smaller companies with servers being hosted in foreign country offices, companies need to comply with various rules and regulations.