EU Safe Harbor
From the US Department of Commerce web site export.gov:
The European Commission's Directive on Data Protection went into effect in October of 1998, which prohibits the transfer of personal data to non-European Union nations that do not meet the European "adequacy" standard for privacy protection. While the United States and the European Union share the goal of enhancing privacy protection for their citizens, the United States takes a different approach to privacy from that taken by the European Union.
In order to bridge these different privacy approaches and provide a streamlined means for U.S. organizations to comply with the Directive, the U.S. Department of Commerce in consultation with the European Commission developed a "Safe Harbor" framework and website to provide the information an organization should need to evaluate - and then join - the Safe Harbor.
eApps Hosting has customers in over 150 countries, including many countries in the European Union. Consequently, we are certified under the EU Safe Harbor program. Our certification can be viewed at the export.gov web site under our legal name, Strategic Systems Consulting, Inc.
