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This detailed tipsheet, presented at the 2001 Global Journalism Conference, touches on several topics related public access and privacy. Smallman briefly explains U.S. FOIA law, then gives extensive treatment to Safe Harbor Overview. "The safe harbor -- approved by the EU this year -- is an important way for U.S. companies to avoid experiencing interruptions in their business dealings with the EU or facing prosecution by European authorities under European privacy laws," which are more strict than those in the U.S. Organizations that can certify that they practice "adequate" enforcement of privacy law as defined by the directive.