// THREAT DETECTION AND DATA PRIVACY TERM
Safe Harbor
Safe Harbor was a legal framework that allowed US companies to transfer personal data from the European Union to the US in compliance with EU data protection laws. It has since been ruled invalid and replaced by newer agreements.
TECHNICAL DEFINITION
The International Safe Harbor Privacy Principles was a data transfer framework between the European Union and the United States, administered by the US Department of Commerce, allowing US companies to self-certify compliance with the EU's Data Protection Directive for transatlantic personal data flows before being invalidated by the European Court of Justice in 2015.
BACKGROUND
Lisa Oudens Monaco is an American attorney who served as the 39th United States deputy attorney general from 2021 to 2025. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
READ MORE ON WIKIPEDIASYNONYMS & ALIASES
- EU-US Safe Harbor
- Safe Harbor Framework
- Data Transfer Agreement
- Privacy Principles
- Transatlantic Data Flow
- Pre-Privacy Shield
USAGE NOTE
This term is now used in a historical context, as the Safe Harbor framework was invalidated in 2015 and replaced by subsequent agreements like the Privacy Shield and the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.
DEVELOPERS
Organizations developing technology related to Safe Harbor.
A widely used privacy, security, and data governance platform that helps organizations operationalize compliance with international data transfer frameworks like the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the successor to the original Safe Harbor agreement.
The U.S. government agency that administers the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF) program. The DPF is the successor framework to the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor and Privacy Shield, enabling transatlantic data flows.
Provides a data privacy management platform and services to help companies automate and manage compliance with global privacy regulations, including requirements for cross-border data transfers.
A vulnerability coordination and bug bounty platform that works with organizations to create vulnerability disclosure policies (VDPs) which often include 'safe harbor' provisions to legally protect ethical hackers who discover and report security flaws in good faith.
Develops data intelligence software that helps organizations discover and manage sensitive data, which is foundational for complying with data residency and cross-border transfer rules stipulated in Safe Harbor-like agreements.
A crowdsourced cybersecurity platform that helps organizations implement bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure programs. They advocate for and assist in drafting safe harbor clauses to protect security researchers from legal threats.
A global information privacy community and resource that provides training and certification for professionals who must implement technological and policy controls to comply with data transfer frameworks that evolved from Safe Harbor.
An open-source project and community that provides standardized legal frameworks and best practices for creating vulnerability disclosure programs, with a core focus on safe harbor language to protect security researchers.