The Federal Trade Commission recently announced a proposed settlement with Fantage.com—a site that markets itself as a virtual world for children, over allegations the site falsely claimed it was complying with the United States and European Union’s Safe Harbor Framework, according to a post on the Hunton & Williams Privacy and Information Security blog.
The framework relates to data transfer and allows organizations with certification to move data from the EU to the U.S., in compliance with Europe’s protection laws, according to the authors. Companies wanting to join in must comply with seven principles: notice, choice, onward transfer, security, data integrity, access and enforcement. According to lawyers at Goulston, Fantage.com had come under scrutiny by the FTC because they claimed the site had current Safe Harbor certification, when it had expired in June of 2012.
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