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Dear Sally and Freinds, 1. Indeed the USA does not have an "adequate arrangement" within the spirit of the EU decree and UK DP law. 2. "Adquate Arrangements" exsists only in several countries outside EU e.g., Israel (Privacy Protection LAw 1981 and Protection of Databases Regulations 1986). 3. True all of us have a problem of protection of privacy in cases where we need to use transborder dataflow for good reasons. 4. International Chamber of Commerce, has suggested contractual specific arrangements within a frame of contractual clauses. As the Decree enables to co-operate with entities in countries where the legak system is insufficient and does not ensure the principal rights. 5. A sample is a German special permit to process in USA the transaction by Credit Cards sold by a USA firm to German Citizens. The German Data Protection Registrar (the equivalent to UK DP R ) is supervsing regularly the site where such data processed for specific adequate arrangements of security as well as proper handling of customers complaints if any. The clauses are available in the ICC site. To learn more and get some real guidelines use :http://www.oecd.org//dsti/sti/it/secur/act/cont-e.htm Regards Yosi Margalit LL.B. CISA Member of the Public Council for Protection of Privacy Ministry of Justice, Government of Israel reply to: [log in to unmask] Tel ++972-3-5464642, Mobile :972-58-804368 FAX : ++972-3-5463152 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Cc: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 4:14 PM Subject: US acts > Is it always been reported that the USA does not have a data proteciton > act and with our new Act we may have problems for transborder flow with > the US. > > However the following two Acts have come to light and I would appreciate > your comments on their status etc and how they affect the UK. > > I extract from the web site :- > > http://www.foipa.com/ > The Freedom of Information Act > Public Law No. 104-231, 110 Stat. 3048 > > he Freedom of Information Act establishes > the right of the public > to obtain information > maintained by the federal or state > government and their agencies > > and > http://www.foipa.com/PAText.html > THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 > > which has many familiar terms and definitions > > Thanks in advance > > Sally Justice > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%