Tech Industry Urges Boehner, Pelosi To Pass Judicial Redress Act ASAP

Adobe, the Application Developers Alliance, CEA, CompTIA, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Facebook, Google, the Internet Association, Microsoft, TechNet and Yahoo were among the more than 20 associations and companies writing a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Thursday, urging the passage of the Judicial Redress Act (HR-1428) as soon as possible. The letter noted that "The Judicial Redress Act extends certain rights granted to citizens of the United States (U.S.) under the Privacy Act to the citizens of designated foreign allies." Enactment "of the Judicial Redress Act is a critical step in rebuilding the trust of citizens worldwide in both the U.S. government and our industry,” the letter said. It’s also the “last formal hurdle to the finalization of the Data Privacy and Protection Agreement (the so-called 'umbrella agreement') governing the transfer of data between the United States and the European Union for the purpose of combatting crime and terrorism,” it said.