Information Security: Principles and Practices 2nd Edition by Jim Breithaupt, Mark S. Merkow

Exercise 22

What can be said about the European Union Data Protection Directive of 1998?

A. The United States was exempted from privacy standards in the EU.

B. The directive’s goal was to standardize privacy protection among the EU members.

C. It resulted in the “Safe Harbor Privacy Principles” that allowed the United States to meet minimum privacy controls in the European Union.

D. Both B and C are correct.

Step 1 of 2

EU Data Protection Directives

EU data protection directives were designed to standardize privacy protection among EU members and resulted in the “Safe Harbor Privacy Policies” to allow the US to meet EU’s minimum privacy controls.

Thus, the correct option is .