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Travelport says it has become the first GDS to have achieved compliance with the Safe Harbor privacy framework.

Published: 18 Feb 2010

Travelport says it has become the first GDS to have achieved compliance with the Safe Harbor privacy framework.

Safe Harbor was developed by the European Commission, the Swiss government, and the US Department of Commerce to harmonise the differences between US and European laws on privacy and data protection. Set up specifically for organisations transferring personal data to the US from Europe, participating companies are required to adhere to key principles aimed at ensuring sound privacy practices and preventing accidental information disclosure or loss.

As the only GDS provider to have achieved Safe Harbor compliance, Travelport has certified its GDS personal data processing following a lengthy preparation process. Certification will cover personal data about travellers that is entered in a Travelport GDS platform by a subscriber located in the EU or Switzerland and which is typically stored in passenger name records and passenger profiles.

The company intends to support all organisations using its GDS technology in their own compliance with legal requirements for privacy and data protection.