EU Privacy Chiefs to Assess Safe Harbor Alternatives Raynal [CNIL] said that the Art. 29 Working Party would look in particular at standard contractual clauses, which are defined by the European Commission, and can be written into contracts between EU data exporters and U.S. data importers. Standard contractual clauses have been highlighted by the commission as the main fallback for companies affected by the invalidation of Safe Harbor. The commission decision establishing the standard contractual clauses “provides for the possibility for the authorities to prohibit transfers” in case laws in the destination country require data importers to derogate from data protection law to an extent that goes beyond what is considered reasonable in a democratic society, Raynal said. The aim of the working party's evaluation of standard contractual clauses would be to “define which derogations are acceptable in a democratic society,” Raynal said. http://www.bna.com/eu-privacy-chiefs-n57982063579/ -- Prof. Avv. Alessandro Mantelero Politecnico di Torino Nexa Center for Internet and Society | Director of Privacy Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University| Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology | Part-time Expert, School of Public Administration http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero @mantelero EMAIL POLICY: twice a day (Mon-Fri)