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For other uses, see Safe harbor (disambiguation). The term safe harbor (safe harbour) has several special usages, in an analogy with its literal meaning, that of a harbor or haven which provides safety from weather or attack. Analogy is both the cognitive process of transferring information from a particular subject (the analogue or source) to another particular subject (the target), and a linguistic expression corresponding to such a process. ...
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Legal definition
A safe harbor is a provision of a statute or a regulation that reduces or eliminates a party's liability under the law, on the condition that the party performed its actions in good faith. Legislators include safe-harbor provisions to protect legitimate or excusable violations. An example of safe harbor is performance of a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment by a property purchasor: thus effecting due diligence and a "safe harbor" outcome if future contamination is found caused by a prior owner. The Statute of Grand Duchy of Lithuania A statute is a formal, written law of a country or state, written and enacted by its legislative authority, perhaps to then be ratified by the highest executive in the government, and finally published. ...
In the most general sense, a liability is anything that is a hindrance, or puts individuals at a disadvantage. ...
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Any piece of real estate can be the subject of a Phase I ESA. A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is a report prepared for a real estate holding which identifies potential or existing environmental contamination liabilities. ...
Due diligence is a term used for a number of concepts involving either the performance of an investigation of a business or person, or the performance of an act with a certain standard of care. ...
Broadcasting - Main article: Watershed (television)
In broadcasting, particularly in the United States of America, the term safe harbor can refer to the hours during which broadcasters may transmit material deemed indecent for children. This "safe harbor", enforced by the Federal Communications Commission, extends — legally — from 10 PM to 6 AM. Watershed is a term used in the United Kingdom (as well as Canada) to describe a time in television schedules beyond which it is permissible to show television programmes which have adult content. It is known in the US as Safe Harbor. Adult content can be generally defined as having...
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals which transmit programs to an audience. ...
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A dictionary definition of Indecent not conforming with accepted standards of behaviour or morality. ...
A male Caucasian toddler child A child (plural: children) is a young human. ...
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Commerce In the context of commercial takeovers, safe harbors function as a form of shark repellent used to thwart hostile takeovers. Under implementation of this provision, a target company will acquire a troublesome firm in order to raise the acquisition price and make acquisition by other parties economically unattractive. A takeover in commerce refers to one company (the acquirer) purchasing another (the target). ...
Poison pill originally meant a literal poison pill (often a glass vial of cyanide salts) carried by various spies throughout history, and by Nazi leaders in WWII. Spies could take such pills when discovered, eliminating any possibility that they could be interrogated for the enemys gain. ...
The term company may refer to a separate legal entity, as in English law, or may simply refer to a business, as is the common use in the United States. ...
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act has notable safe-harbor provisions which protect Internet service providers from the consequences of their users' actions. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a United States copyright law which implements two 1996 WIPO treaties. ...
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The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 includes safe-harbor provisions to protect companies which make financial and investment forecasts in public markets. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, and awards fees and expenses. ...
Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
The United States Department of Commerce runs a certification program which it calls Safe Harbor and which aims to harmonize data privacy practices in trading between the United States of America and the stricter privacy controls of the European Union Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of personal data. For more information, see Safe Harbor Principles. The United States Department of Commerce is a Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting economic growth. ...
Data privacy refers to the evolving relationship between technology and the legal right to, or public expectation of privacy in the collection and sharing of data. ...
The full title of this directive is Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data. ...
The US Safe Harbor Arrangement is a streamlined process for US companies to comply with EU Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of personal data, developed by the US Department of Commerce in consultation with EU. http://www. ...
The Public Health Service publishes a set of Safe Harbor rules within Title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, to preclude Life Science companies from withholding important medical information from the public for fear of being prosecuted for Medicare violations. It is illegal for a firm to advertise or promote a drug, biologic, or medical device for a purpose other than an indication approved by the Food and Drug Administration; recommending such off-label use for a product subject to reimbursement under Medicare or Medicaid constitutes felony fraud. Safe Harbor establishes rules defining when and how such information may be published (for example, medical journal reports of clinical trials) without the company running afoul of advertising and marketing restrictions. FDA redirects here. ...
Accounting In accounting, the term safe harbor may refer to the method by which corporations would rather (typically) incur tax consequences than follow the precise requirements of their respective tax codes. It has been suggested that Accounting scholarship be merged into this article or section. ...
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See also In patent law, the research exemption or safe harbour exemption is an exemption to the rights conferred by patents, which is especially relevant to drugs. ...
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The US Safe Harbor Arrangement is a streamlined process for US companies to comply with EU Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of personal data, developed by the US Department of Commerce in consultation with EU. http://www. ...
External links - 2000/520/EC: Commission Decision of 26 July 2000 pursuant to Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Safe harbor principle)
- Safe Harbor Arrangement Official site
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