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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: 4, Interesting) by Fluffeh on Tuesday September 22 2015, @03:00AM
It's got nothing to do with whether they "should have the right" or not.
This is about Congress either deciding to make it less appealing for the three letter agencies to use/abuse this information - or at least to put on the impression that they are trying to do something about it. In reality, it is very unlikely that any European will actually sue, much less that any such case would actually win (because winning such a case would likely mean having to dismantle much of the bugging and officially denouncing it as wrong etc) - but if anything, this action would actually *improve* the business opportunities for American corps operating in Europe - after all, they can now say "Hey, if you feel wronged by our government, you can sue them!" rather than only being able to say currently "Yeah, it sucks huh?".
(Score: 5, Informative) by tathra on Tuesday September 22 2015, @04:08AM
they could always just, you know, enforce the law. [cornell.edu] This law, under which they are all criminals, is for the punishment for violating one's oath of office, [abovetopsecret.com] per executive order 10450. [archives.gov]
violating one's oath of office, eg, undermining, subverting, or ignoring the constitution, or suggesting to do so, is a federal crime. its time we start calling for this law to be enforced.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 22 2015, @09:09AM
Nice homework problem for Probability 101 students. Care to calc the odds on that ever happening?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 22 2015, @11:00AM
Trump 2016.
Anything could happen.
(Score: 2) by etherscythe on Tuesday September 22 2015, @05:34PM
Damn his name, I want to make a Wild Card joke and I can't!
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