Imaginary Landscape has completed the Safe Harbor certification process as outlined by the United States Department of Commerce. In becoming certified, Imaginary has the appropriate elements in place and agrees to abide by the general European Union data protection safeguards and the more specific Swiss safeguards.
"We are happy to announce our certification and increase our commitment to data privacy on a world stage, "said Brian Moloney, managing partner of Imaginary Landscape.
More about Safe Harbor
The European Commission’s Directive on Data Protection went into effect in October of 1998, and would prohibit the transfer of personal data to non-European Union countries that do not meet the European Union (EU) “adequacy” standard for privacy protection. While the United States and the EU share the goal of enhancing privacy protection for their citizens, the United States takes a different approach to privacy from that taken by the EU.
In order to bridge these differences in approach and provide a streamlined means for U.S. organizations to comply with the Directive, the U.S. Department of Commerce in consultation with the European Commission developed a "Safe Harbor" framework and this website to provide the information an organization would need to evaluate – and then join – the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor program.
The U.S. Department of Commerce in consultation with the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner of Switzerland developed a separate "Safe Harbor" framework to bridge the differences between the two countries’ approaches to privacy and provide a streamlined means for U.S. organizations to comply with Swiss data protection law. This website also provides the information an organization would need to evaluate – and then join – the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor program.