Here are the Commission's approved contracts. One for transfer to processor, one to transfer to controller, and the most recent done by the business community for transfer to controllers.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/fsj/privacy/modelcontracts/index_en..htm
I have found that in data protection, the European Commission seems to have some authority. Fog in Channel, Europe cut off.
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>>> Tim Trent <[log in to unmask]> 06/10/05 05:20 AM >>>
Thanks. I think the issue that is not easy to find, or is perhaps never
stated, is the issue of whom must the contracts be between.
While it is clear that they must be between each and every Data Controller
who wishes to export and receive data (thus in a large corporation every
entity to every other entity), showing a board of directors this information
and expecting them to grasp the impossibly unwieldy nature of it is hard in
the extreme.
It gets harder when the US HQ says "Who cares? We have Safe Harbor!"
forgetting about transfers to (eg) their Cape Town operation in their global
CRM system
And statements from Citibank in the Herald Tribune this morning (well,
reported to me form Paris this morning) about organisations not bothering to
protect data unless mandated (I am still searching for the exact quote)
really do not help at all!
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Tim
The standard contract terms can be found at the end of this document (which
I found by checking the other links on the ICO's page you looked at).
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On 9 Jun 2005, at 15:24, Tim Trent wrote:
> Am now at screaming pitch. It was such a simple piece of research. A
> client asked "Where may I find documentation about Model Contract
> Terms and
> that facts that each individual data controller who transfers data
> internationally to another data controller moist have a contract in
> place
> with each other data controller.
>
> I went to
> http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/eventual.aspx?id=1163
> and fond a load of stuff. And the paragraph I need is 90% sure to be "
> Model contract terms can also be used to legitimise a transfer of
> personal
> information outside the EEA. The European Commission's approval for
> the use
> of model contracts can be found here <http://m/> . " The problem is
> "here"
> links here http://m/ - Yup, you heard it here first!
>
> Now I have a "nice" dose of "A bit of Viv" and one if the seasons
> while on
> hold,and a nice recorded lady who sounds terribly surprised that all
> the
> agents are busy.
>
> All (!) I need is a formal document that talks about the complexities
> of
> Model Contracts and why they need to be signed.
>
> And lo and behold, I have spoken to the holy grail and such documents
> are................................. ABSENT.
>
>
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