Council Directive 95/46/CE sets out to protect personal data stored in both the private and public sectors.
Article 1 of this directive requires the adoption of any type of mechanism that allows member states to protect the privacy of the personal data of citizens.
TrustedX supports the incorporation into applications of communication and document encryption protocols that guarantee the confidentiality and protection of critical data. Safelayer's encryption solutions provide data protection mechanisms in the exchange of information (documents, email and Web messaging) that are deployed as corporate Web services, accessible via XML and centrally managed. TrustedX supports encryption formats for documents and messaging (PKCS#7/CMS, S/MIME and XML-Enc) and for SOAP protocol (WS-Security).