Posted on 06/25/2014 7:40:18 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The United States will enact legislation giving European Union citizens the right to sue in the United States if they think their private data was released or misused, the U.S attorney general said on Wednesday.
"The Obama administration is committed to seeking legislation that would ensure that ... EU citizens would have the same right to seek judicial redress for intentional or wilful disclosures of protected information and for refusal to grant access or to rectify any errors in that information, as would a U.S citizen," Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters.
"This commitment - which has long been sought by the EU - reflects our resolve to move forward," he said after a meeting of EU and U.S. justice and home affairs ministers in Greece, which holds the rotating EU presidency.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Taxpayers to the world. That’s us.
Hey we’re spied on more than any EU citizen. Where’s OUR cut? And we should be inline first. All FRpers are spied on.
Will, eh?
“The Obama administration is committed to seeking legislation that would ensure that ... EU citizens would have the same right to seek judicial redress for intentional or wilful disclosures of protected information and for refusal to grant access or to rectify any errors in that information, as would a U.S citizen,” Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters.”
So how much of the Obama administration’s legislation has passed lately?
Even as we speak, the government is translating its standard "bed-bug letter" complaint response into French, German, etc.
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