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On Thursday, Congress advanced a bill which would allow European citizens to sue the US government if their data is misused in an international law enforcement investigation. The proposal is one of several cybersecurity bills currently in progress in the US and in Europe.
Known as the Judicial Redress Act, it's intended to address imbalances in how the US and international governments share data in criminal investigations, including terrorism cases. It's part of a larger "umbrella agreement" between the US and the European Union to further define how the two sides share information. Currently, US citizens can sue in European courts over the misuse of their data, but the US does not have similar protections.
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"If we fail to pass the Judicial Redress Act, we will undermine several important international agreements, harm our businesses operating in Europe and severely limit the sharing of law enforcement information," Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R) of Wisconsin, who introduced the bill in March, said during the meeting.
Will Europeans fare better than the American citizens who already sued the US government for total surveillance?
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 22 2015, @02:24AM
The presumption of duty means that it is the DUTY of the government to spy and collect data on foreign persons, in order to protect the United States
No, the government doesn't have a "duty" to violate people's fundamental rights through the use of mass surveillance in the name of safety; in fact, it simply should not be allowed unless they have reason to spy on a specific individual. If the courts say otherwise, they're wrong. And no, it doesn't matter how many other countries do it; that's all the more reason to set an example.