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Senate Approves Judicial Redress Act, In Boost For New U.S.-EU Data Deal

February 10, 2016 at 11:47 AM
The Senate on Tuesday evening (Feb. 9) approved by unanimous consent the Judicial Redress Act, a bill that is key to the U.S.-European Union data transfer deal agreed to earlier this month and will allow EU citizens to sue the U.S. authorities over claims of personal data mishandling. The Senate version of the legislation contains an amendment that effectively links this new right for EU citizens to the finalization of the data transfer deal, dubbed the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. The...

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