A safe harbor or harbour is literally a "place of shelter and safety, esp. for ships". It is used in many contexts:

Film and television

Safe harbor (broadcasting) In broadcasting, the watershed is the time of day after which programming aimed towards mature or adult audiences is permitted. In the same way that a geological watershed divides two drainage basins, a broadcasting watershed serves as a dividin ...

, established in 1978 in the US, the time period in a television schedule during which programs with adult content can air * ''Safe Harbor'' (TV series), a 1999 television drama starring Gregory Harrison and Rue McClanahan * " The Safe Harbor", a 2006 episode of ''The O.C.'' television series * ''Safe Harbor'', a 2006 made-for-television movie starring

Tracey Gold Tracey Gold (born May 16, 1969) is an American actress and former child star known for playing Carol Seaver on the 1980s sitcom ''Growing Pains''. Acting career Tracey Gold became an actress at the age of four, first appearing in a Pepsi print ...

and

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, and which aired on Lifetime in the US * ''Safe Harbour'' (film), a 2007 direct-to-video film directed by Bill Corcoran * ''Safe Harbor'' (film), a 2009 television movie starring Treat Williams and Nancy Travis * ''Safe Harbour'' (Australian TV series), a 2017 Australian television drama series

Law and regulations

Safe harbor (law) A safe harbor is a provision of a statute or a regulation that specifies that certain conduct will be deemed not to violate a given rule. It is usually found in connection with a more-vague, overall standard. By contrast, "''un''safe harbors" ...

, a provision of a statute or a regulation that specifies that certain conduct will be deemed not to violate a given rule **

International Safe Harbor Privacy Principles The International Safe Harbor Privacy Principles or Safe Harbour Privacy Principles were principles developed between 1998 and 2000 in order to prevent private organizations within the European Union or United States which store customer data from ...

, a process for U.S. companies to comply with the EU Directive on the protection of personal data **

DMCA safe harbor The Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act (OCILLA) is United States federal law that creates a conditional 'safe harbor' for online service providers (OSP) (a group which includes internet service providers (ISP) and other Inter ...

, which shields online service providers from liability for facilitating their users' copyright infringement as long as they comply with certain requirements, such as accepting "take down" notices *

Place of refuge for ships A place of refuge for ships is a safe harbor or other secure place where a ship in distress can safely be taken to "prevent further damage or deterioration of the ship". It is often claimed that under international maritime law, "no port may be cl ...

, also called a safe harbor, where a ship in distress can shelter

Publishing

* ''Safe Harbour'' (novel), a 2003 novel by Danielle Steel * ''Safe Harbor'' (novel), a 2004 novel by

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Places

Safe Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador Safe Harbour is an abandoned outport on the northeast coast of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Settled by 1870, it was abandoned in 1955. History Safe Harbour was situated on the northern shore of Bonavista Bay ...

, Canada *

Safe Harbor, Pennsylvania Safe Harbor is a small unincorporated community located within Conestoga Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. The general location was an early staging area for Native American tribes traversing the Susquehanna River from the settleme ...

, U.S. *

Safe Harbor Dam The Safe Harbor Dam (also Safe Harbor Hydroelectric Station) is a concrete gravity dam, with an associated hydroelectric power station, on the lower Susquehanna River. It is the most northerly and last of three Great Depression-era public works#Ov ...

, Susquehanna River, U.S.

Other uses

Safe harbor (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 ...

, function as a form of shark repellent used to thwart hostile takeovers *

Safe Harbor Certified Seafood Safe Harbor Certified Seafood is the first brand developed under San Rafael, California based Micro Analytical Systems, Inc. (MASI). Seafood bearing the Safe Harbor seal is tested for overall mercury content to be under the FDA's action level of ...

, a brand of mercury tested seafood products *

Safe Harbor (locus) A safe harbor or harbour is literally a "place of shelter and safety, esp. for ships". It is used in many contexts: Film and television * Safe harbor (broadcasting), established in 1978 in the US, the time period in a television schedule during wh ...

, a location in a

genome In the fields of molecular biology and genetics, a genome is all the genetic information of an organism. It consists of nucleotide sequences of DNA (or RNA in RNA viruses). The nuclear genome includes protein-coding genes and non-coding ge ...

for the insertion of novel DNA that does not perturb endogenous gene activity or promote cancer.

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