According to InfoWorld, a complaint has been filed against thirty U.S. companies for allegedly collecting more information of EU residents than committed to through Safe Harbor agreements.
The Center for Digital Democracy, a U.S. nonprofit watchdog group, filed the complaint against the group of data brokers and data management firms, including Adobe Systems, AOL, and Salesforce.com.
Part of the complaint said, according to InfoWorld, that “the companies combine public records with online tracking technologies, mobile tracking and other sources, and can collect addresses, purchase histories, income and family structure.”
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce both helped develop the framework of the Safe Harbor, and are being called upon by the CDD to enforce compliance with the agreements, reports InfoWorld.
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