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UHY Advisors FLVS Now Certified in Compliance With EU "Safe Harbor" Data Framework
| Source: UHY Advisors
HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - March 24, 2009) - UHY Advisors FLVS, Inc. today announced that it
has been certified by the European Union (EU) for its adherence to the Safe
Harbor framework regarding data received from the EU about individuals
entitled to privacy protection.
The Safe Harbor guidelines, which were developed by the U.S. Department of
Commerce and the European Commission, are designed to make sure that
personal information regarding European individuals is handled with great
care and with built-in privacy standards. As a result of their
certification, UHY Advisors FLVS may now collect and process data from the
EU for the firm's corporate clients and their legal counsel.
UHY Advisors' FLVS (Forensic, Litigation and Valuation Services) Group is a
national consulting practice that has been successfully working with law
firms and in-house law departments for more than 25 years to deliver a
comprehensive package of services for litigation consulting, fraud and
forensic services, and business valuation.
"This is an extremely important designation as it means that we have put in
place a comprehensive program that adheres to the seven core principles
laid out in the Safe Harbor framework," said Douglas Herman, managing
director of the e-discovery and digital forensics practice group at UHY
Advisors FLVS. "Our clients can have full confidence in our ability to
collect and process personal information about individuals within the scope
of the EU's directive on data protection."
According to Hope Haslam, a principal in the corporate e-discovery group
for UHY Advisors FLVS, the seven Safe Harbor principles for privacy
include: Notice; Choice; Onward Transfer; Security; Data Integrity; Access
and Correction; and Enforcement and Dispute Resolution.
"This Safe Harbor certification makes it clear to anyone with whom we do
business that personal data from individuals in the EU will be responsibly
collected and processed with the utmost discretion and respect for
privacy," explained Haslam. "This also impacts where and how we share
information internally as we can only use the data we collect for the
specific purpose of the services we provide to clients."
For more information about the EU Safe Harbor framework, please go to
www.export.gov/safeharbor/.
About UHY Advisors
UHY Advisors, Inc. and its subsidiary entities have more than 1,200
professionals providing services from offices across the United States.
UHY Advisors, Inc. is ranked as one of the Top 15 professional services
firms providing tax and business consulting in the country by Accounting
Today. Attest services are performed through an alternative practice
structure with UHY LLP, a licensed CPA firm. UHY Advisors, Inc. and UHY
LLP are independent U.S. members of UHY International Limited. For
additional information, please visit UHY Advisors' Web site at
www.uhyadvisors-us.com/flvs.