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Interested in Joining the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks?

As a U.S. business who targets EU or Swiss nationals with your products or services, you might consider joining the EU-U.S. and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks ( an overview PDF contains key information about the Privacy Shield scheme ). Both Frameworks require a self certification . The U.S. government provides a “How to” join the Privacy Shield consisting of two parts: part one deals with eligibility together with constructing a compliant privacy policy (with additional links describe the necessary contents of your company’s privacy policy); and part two covers identification of an Independent Resource Mechanism , required fee payments, placement of an active verification mechanism , designating a contact individual or officer for your business, reviewing your application (paying attention to the items required to self-certify ), and submission of your application (check out the PDF guide to online submission ). The site also has FAQs about the Privacy Shield Framework