US data privacy laws may crimp BPO firms

 The Safe Harbor Act and the Sarbanes Oxley Act in the US -specify stringent rules on maintaining privacy on data which are applicable on data which is also offshored.

 But foreign companies are complaining that Indian BPOs are unable to comply with these laws leave alone providing independent certification that they are compliant with them.

 Says Avinash Vashistha managing partner of California based neoIT -the world