Guide to U.S. government practice on global sharing of personal information

Guide to U.S. Government Practice on Global Information Sharing, Second Edition is a reference tool on U.S. Government practice in G2G sharing arrangements. The U.S. Government's practice in the area of crossborder information sharing covers dozens of agreements. This book examines those agreements as a way of establishing how practice has evolved. In addition to reviewing past agreements, international privacy principles of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) will be reviewed for their relevance to G2G sharing. Guide to U.S. Government Practice on Global Information Sharing, Second Edition is intended for lawyers, privacy professionals, and individuals who wish to understand U.S. practice for sharing personal information across borders. Particular groups that will find the Guide valuable are: -Government practitioners engaged in personal information-sharing agreements -Homeland Security and law enforcement professionals -Practicing attorneys who have clients that may be affected by the sharing of their information between governments -Privacy professionals -Individuals who may be affected by the sharing of their information with a foreign government and wish to understand their opportunities for access and redress

• About the Author p. v
• Dedication p. vii
• Acknowledgments p. ix
• Chapter 1 Introduction p. 1
• A What Is This Book About? p. 1
• B Who Should Use This Book? p. 2
• C The Political and Legal Context p. 2
• D Foreign Policy and National Security Considerations p. 3
• E As a General Reference p. 4
• F A Note about Sources p. 4
• Chapter 2 Principles p. 5
• A A Short History p. 5
• B Principles p. 6
• 1 Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPPs) p. 6
• 2 U.S. Principles of Information Sharing p. 7
• a U.S. Information-Sharing Environment p. 8
• b Information-Sharing Guidelines p. 8
• 3 International Frameworks p. 8
• a Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) p. 8
• b Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) p. 10
• c High-Level Contact Group (HLCG) p. 11
• d The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership p. 15
• 4 IOSCO-Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding on Securities p. 15
• 5 Global Privacy Enforcement Network p. 16
• Chapter 3 Practices p. 17
• A Mutual Recognition p. 17
• 1 Personal Information as a Primary Purpose p. 17
• 2 PII as a Secondary Purpose p. 19
• B FIPPs-Based Agreements p. 22
• 1 Collection Limitation p. 22
• 2 Data Quality p. 24
• 3 Purpose Specification p. 25
• 4 Use Limitation p. 25
• 5 Security Safeguards p. 26
• 6 Openness p. 28
• 7 Individual Participation Principle p. 29
• 8 Accountability Principle p. 32
• C The Third-Party Disclosure Problem p. 34
• D No New Privacy Rights p. 35
• E Special Issues with the EU p. 35
• Appendix A U.S. Government Information-Sharing Agreements Involving Personal Information p. 37
• A Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) p. 37
• B Department of Homeland Security (DHS) p. 46
• 1 EU-U.S. PNR p. 46
• 2 Preventing and Combating Serious Crime p. 55
• 3 Five Country Conference Joint Enrollment and Information-Sharing Project p. 63
• 4 United Kingdom Visas p. 77
• 5 United States-Canada, Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competiveness p. 98
• C Department of Homeland Security and Justice p. 102
• 1 Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MEAT) p. 102
• D Departments of Homeland Security and State p. 123
• 1 Regional Movement Alert System p. 123
• E Federal Trade Commission p. 135
• F Securities and Exchange Commission p. 150
• G Social Security Administration p. 158
• H Department of the Treasury and Justice p. 168
• 1 Terrorist Tracking and Finance Program p. 168
• 2 Tax Treaties-Reduction of Double Taxation p. 182
• 3 Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act p. 221
• 1 Multilateral Cybercrime Convention p. 299
• Appendix B Domestic and International Principles p. 325
• A Domestic p. 325
• 1 U.S. Information-Sharing Environment-Information-Sharing Guidelines p. 325
• 2 Obtaining Information from Foreign Governments p. 328
• 3 Sharing U.S. Information with Foreign Governments p. 336
• B International, p. 345
• 1 OECD p. 345
• 2 APEC Information Privacy Framework (2004) p. 426
• 3 High-Level Contact Group (HLCG) p. 434
• 4 IOSCO-Multilateral MOU on Securities p. 436
• 5 Global Privacy Enforcement Network p. 449
• Index p. 455