International Resource Center

Data Protection Laws and Information:

Australia

• Employment Screening Down Under - The Australian Standard AS4811:2006
• Federal Privacy Law
• Some States in Australia have also enacted privacy legislation. For information on these privacy regimes please visit our State Privacy Laws page
• State Privacy Laws

Canada

Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act

• Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, "Privacy in the Workplace" Fact Sheet
• Work, Frank, Information & Privacy Commissioner of Alberta, "Employee Privacy in Alberta", Speech delivered May 17, 2004 at MYMITY Employee Privacy Conference
• Employers - What You Need To Know About Social Insurance Numbers

Education Verification

• http://www.auradata.com

European Union

• European Union Data Protection Legislation
• http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/fsj/privacy/index_en.htm
• Austria - Data Protection Act
• Belgium - Data Protection Act
• Cyprus - Data Protection Act
• Denmark - Data Protection Act
• Dutch - Data Protection Act
• Estonia - Data Protection Act
• Finland - Data Protection Act
• France - Data Protection Act
• Germany - Data Protection Act
• Data Privacy Protection in Germany from the perspective of Siemens AG
• Greece - Data Protection Act (unofficial translation)
• Hungary - Data Protection Act
• Ireland - Data Protection Act
• Italy - Data Protection Act (unofficial translation)
• Latvia - Data Protection Act
• LITHUANIA
• Luxembourg - Data Protection Act
• Malta - Data Protection Act
• Poland - Data Protection Act
• Portugal - Data Protection Act
• Slovenia - Data Protection Act
• Slovak Republic - Data Protection Act
• Spain - Data Protection Act
• Sweden - Data Protection Act
• United Kingdom - Data Protection Act
• See CIPD fact sheet provides introductory guidance on the law associated with data protection
  and privacy provides an action plan for employers.
  Go to: http://www.cipd.co.uk/subjects/emplaw/dataprot/dataprotec.htm?IsSrchRes=1
• Finland - PRIVACY PROTECTION IN WORKING LIFE
  The purpose of the Privacy Protection in Working Life Act, a special statute which entered into force in 2001, is to implement the fundamental rights guaranteeing the protection of an individual's private life in employment relationships in the private and public sectors and to promote good practice in the handling of personal data in working life. The 1999 Personal Data Act is also complied with in working life as a general statute.

Mexico

• Mexico - Data Protection Act
• Personal data protection in Mexico

United States

• International Data Protection Legislation Matrix compiled by US Department of Commerce
• Safe Harbor Overview
• U.S. Network for Education Information

  U.S. Network for Education Information
  

  For International Students and Professionals, information and links about coming to the United States, recognition of foreign qualifications, accredited U.S. institutions and programs, avoiding frauds, and financial aid.

  For International Educators and Officials, information about the U.S. education system, U.S. accreditation and quality assurance, recognized institutions, avoiding fraudulent providers, and related resources.

  For U.S. Students, information about studying abroad, financial aid, and links to official information about education in other countries.

  For U.S. Educators, information about international education, other education systems, teaching overseas and the recognition of foreign education within the United States.

  For U.S. Human Resources Professionals and Officials, information about foreign education systems, recognized foreign institutions, and U.S. credential evaluation for foreign degree-holders.

  http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/edlite-index.html

• WES-DimplomaMill

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World Information Center:

• Directory of Cities and Towns in the World
• Criminal Justice Systems of the World
• The World Clock - Time Zones
• Holidays and Celebrations Around the World
• Freedom of Information and Access to Government Records Around the World
• The CIA World Fact Book
• The Official US Time

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Terrorist Search:

• Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) and Blocked Persons

  16 June 2004, revised 2 May 2005. The U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) publishes this list of individuals and companies controlled by targeted countries. The list includes "individuals, groups, and entities, such as terrorists and narcotics traffickers designated under programs that are not country-specific. Collectively, such individuals and companies are called 'Specially Designated Nationals' or 'SDNs.' Their assets are blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them."

• The Excluded Parties List System provides integrated search access to several debarment lists. (et)

• List of Parties Debarred for Arms Export Control Act Convictions
  
  21 June 2004. The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls of the U.S. Department of State provides two lists--one statutory and one administrative--of companies and individuals convicted of violations involving the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Both lists are alphabetical and include a Federal Register citation, although not a link to the relevant issue. (et)

• Entity List

  16 June 2004, revised 2 May 2005. The U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) maintains this list of foreign individuals and companies, which "have been determined to present an unacceptable risk of diversion to developing weapons of mass destruction or the missiles used to deliver those weapons." Changes to the list appear officially in the Federal Register.

• Foreign Terrorist Organizations
• Terrorist Exclusion
• Consolidated list of persons, groups and entities subject to EU financial sanctions

  US Department of State Resources:

• Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury

  United Kingdom:

• http://www.crb.gov.uk
• Bank of England Terrorist list
• Child Protection: Criminal Background Checking of Staff in Schools
• Disclosure of Criminal Background of Persons with Access to Children
• Department of Transport - Criminal Records check
• Fit and Proper Test for Approved Persons
• Financial and Services Market Act 2000
• Articles (thru Sept 2008)
  

The following lists may be relevant to your export or re-export transaction.

Denied Persons List
A list of individuals and entities that have been denied export privileges. Any dealings with a party on this list that would violate the terms of its denial order is prohibited.

Unverified List
A list of parties where BIS has been unable to verify the end use in prior transactions. The presence of a party on this list in a transaction is a “red flag” that should be resolved before proceeding with the transaction.

Debarred List
A list compiled by the State Department of parties who are barred by §127.7 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR §127.7) from participating directly or indirectly in the export of defense articles, including technical data or in the furnishing of defense services for which a license or approval is required by the ITAR.

Nonproliferation Sanctions
Several lists compiled by the State Department of parties that have been sanctioned under various statutes. The Federal Register notice imposing sanctions on a party states the sanctions that apply to that party. Some of these sanctioned parties are subject to BIS’s license application denial policy described in §744.19 of the EAR (15 CFR §744.19).

http://www.bis.doc.gov/ComplianceAndEnforcement/ListsToCheck.htm

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Sex offences legislation

• Sex Offences Act 2003
• Safeguarding vulnerable groups
• Vetting and Barring Scheme - Policy Briefing Pack - March 2006
• Vetting those working in schools
  

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World Check

Over 2,000 institutions, including 45 of the world’s 50 largest financial institutions and hundreds of government agencies, rely on the World-Check database of known heightened-risk individuals and businesses to efficiently screen their customers, associates, transactions and employees for potential risk. This highly-structured database is updated daily in real-time by World-Check's international, research team and is derived from hundreds of thousands of public sources. It is this unprecedented commitment to ongoing research that has established World-Check as the industry standard. No other service replicates the quality of intelligence in this market-pioneering database.

http://www.world-check.com/overview/

Training Resources:

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International Fraud Prevention Resources

CIFAS is the UK’s Fraud Prevention Service with 270 Members spread across banking, credit cards, asset finance, retail credit, mail order, insurance, savings and investments, telecommunications, factoring, and share dealing. Members share information about identified frauds in the fight to prevent further fraud. CIFAS is unique and is the world's first not for profit fraud prevention data sharing scheme.

The UK's Fraud Prevention Service - CIFAS research study on Employee Fraud
To see research study results go - http://www.cifas.org.uk/default.asp?edit_id=658-57

Visit CIFAS online at http://www.cifas.org.uk/

International Educational Equivalency Resources

China Academic Degrees & Graduate Education Development Center (CDGDC)

China Academic Degrees & Graduate Education Development Center (CDGDC) is responsible for evaluating and appraising the academic degrees and graduate education and researching the degree equivalency between China and foreign countries, mainland China and its special regions Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, providing the counseling for reciprocal degree acknowledgement agreements in this area.

http://www.cdgdc.edu.cn/xwweben/xw_aboutus.jsp

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