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TechFreedom Launches Europocrisy Prize

June 13, 2016

WASHINGTON D.C. —­­ European regulators are cracking down on how U.S. companies use data about Europeans — supposedly to protect Europeans from U.S. government surveillance....

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EU-US Privacy Shield: A Farce in Three Acts

February 3, 2016

WASHINGTON D.C. — Yesterday, the European Commission announced that it had negotiated a new “Privacy Shield” to allow American companies to provide Internet services to...

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Senate Passes Judicial Redress Rights for Europeans, but Plays Hardball on Safe Harbor

January 28, 2016

WASHINGTON D.C. —  Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 19-1 to extend redress rights to certain European citizens so they can enforce their data protection...

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Bipartisan Bill Can Help Avoid EU Internet Blockade

October 20, 2015

Today, the House voted to extend key, but narrow, privacy rights to citizens of “covered countries.” The Judicial Redress Act, passed by a voice vote,...

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