The 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Member Economies have unanimously approved TRUSTe as an Accountability Agent for its Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) System. The CBPR System is a self-regulatory code of conduct addressing cross-border data flow between member economies; currently Japan, Mexico and the U.S. participate in the program. “As an Accountability Agent, TRUSTe will continue to review, certify, monitor and enforce the privacy practices of participating U.S.-based companies or subsidiaries to ensure compliance with the CBPR system,” the release states. Meanwhile, the Belgium Privacy Commission has approved the Binding Corporate Rules of Johnson Controls.
Full Story
Comments
If you want to comment on this post, you need to login.