The European Union has negotiated certain safe harbors for U.S.companies not complying with its Data Protection Directive,which allows individuals to decide how their personal information can be used.

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The European Union's 1998 Data Protection Directive basically allows individuals to decide how their collected data can be used.By June 2000,European and U.S.negotiators had reached an agreement shielding U.S.companies from prosecution by EU governments for violation of the Data Protection Directive as long as the companies comply with a list of "safe harbor" privacy principles.

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