New Senate bill to give judicial redress to EU citizens

Both US legislative chambers now have bipartisan bills, but it is unclear if they will advance

18 juin 2015 à 6h46

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Senator Chris Murphy, one of the co-sponsors of the Judicial Redress Act. Office of Senator Murphy

par Brian Beary

On 17 June, Senators Chris Murphy (Democrat, Connecticut) and Orrin Hatch (Republican, Utah) introduced draft legislation aimed at granting EU citizens the right to file a civil lawsuit in US courts if a US government agency misuses their personal data. The Judicial Redress Act entrusts the US attorney-general with the job of designating countries and federal agencies to which the law applies. EU and US sources told Europolitics there is an implicit understanding among the bill's drafters that if the…

New EP resolution

The European Parliament is due to adopt a resolution on mass surveillance in the October plenary. The current draft text in the Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) “welcomes the efforts of the US administration to rebuild trust with the introduction of the Judicial Redress Act” and urges Congress to pass the bill.

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