Safe Harbor Certification
On November 5, 2001, Merck & Co., Inc. certified its adherence to the Safe Harbor Agreement between the European Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce for transfers of personal information from the European Economic Area to the U.S. On May 1, 2006, Schering-Plough Corporation certified its adherence to the Safe Harbor for certain categories of personal information, and has since certified for other categories of personal information. We have reaffirmed our adherence to the Safe Harbor annually.
On October 31, 2007, the standards of the Merck & Co., Inc. Safe Harbor Privacy Policy were extended to personal information transferred from Switzerland to the U.S. In 2009, we certified our adherence to the Safe Harbor Framework agreed upon by the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner of Switzerland and the U.S Department of Commerce for transfers of personal information from Switzerland to the U.S.
The new Merck has certified its adherence to the Safe Harbor Frameworks for transfer of personal information from the European Economic Area and Switzerland to the U.S. For more information, please read the Merck & Co., Inc. Safe Harbor Privacy Policy. Copies of our certifications are listed under Merck & Co., Inc. and Schering Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., on the Safe Harbor List on the U.S. Department of Commerce Web site.