European official vows to go forward with U.S. privacy deal
Privacy from Companies
7/14/2000; 1:40:13 PM "Frits Bolkestein, the European commissioner for internal markets, told the parliament's Civil Liberties Committee in Brussels that he plans to advise the full European Commission to adopt a draft version of the safe harbor provisions as "adequate protection" for personal data transferred from the 15 member states of the European Union to the U.S."

This despite the recommendation from the European Parliament, correctly calling it far too weak to protect European citizens. We can't even protect our own citizens, I sure hope the EU doesn't just decide to trust us for No Apparent Reason.