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[FYI] European Union Approves Data Privacy Accord



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          June 1, 2000


          European Union Approves Data Privacy
          Accord

          By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

          BRUSSELS, June 1 -- European Union
          nations have approved a new data-privacy
          accord with the United States, and the deal is
          expected to be completed by early July, a
          spokesman said on Wednesday. 

          The American financial, insurance, tourism and
          airline industries have pushed for the new "safe
          harbor agreement" to ensure that they could use
          personal data collected on European consumers. 

          Under the new agreement, United States companies
          that meet European standards for protecting
          information would be granted the right to transfer
          and use the data. 

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