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President Obama Signs Judicial Redress Act In Furtherance of EU-US Data Protection
Practical Law Legal Update w-001-4714 (Approx. 3 pages)
President Obama Signs Judicial Redress Act In Furtherance of EU-US Data Protection
by Practical Law Intellectual Property & Technology
| Published on 25 Feb 2016 • USA (National/Federal) |
President Obama has signed into law H.R.1428, commonly known as the Judicial Redress Act, considered an important step in mending US-EU privacy relations after the European Court of Justice's ruling that the US-EU Safe Harbor framework for data transfers was invalid.
On February 24, 2016, President Obama signed H.R.1428, commonly known as the Judicial Redress Act, into law. Among other things, the Judicial Redress Act:
- Gives European Union (EU) citizens the right to challenge misuse of their personal data in US courts. US citizens already enjoy this right in EU countries.
- Fulfills a stated requirement of the pending EU-US Data Protection Umbrella Agreement enabling law enforcement agencies to exchange personal information during criminal and terrorism investigations (see Legal Update, EDPS Publishes Opinion on EU-US Umbrella Agreement).
Passage of the Judicial Redress Act represents an important step in mending US-EU privacy relations after the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) ruling that the US-EU Safe Harbor framework for data transfers was invalid. For more information on that ECJ ruling and the former Safe Harbor's expected replacement, the EU-US Privacy Shield, see Legal Updates, So Long, Safe Harbor (For Now, Anyway) and EU-US Reach Political Agreement on New Data Transfer Agreement.
The law is effective 90 days after the date of enactment.