USA Freedom Act
The USA Freedom Act ( U niting and S trengthening A merica by F ulfilling R ights and E nsuring E ffective D iscipline O ver M onitoring Act ) was born on June 2, 2015 as a replacement for partially elapsed laws of the USA Patriot Act decided that the June 1, 2015.
In contrast to the USA Patriot Act, the American authorities are no longer allowed to store telecommunications data themselves and no longer have direct access to them. However, telecommunications data will in future be stored by telecommunications providers under the Freedom Act and can also be passed on to American authorities on request. American authorities have to present at least one suspected case, for example that the person concerned could represent a potential danger. But apart from that, nothing stands in the way of mass monitoring and evaluation of telecommunications data. But in terms of data protection law and in relation to the fallen Safe Harbor , the changes hardly make any difference. The criticism of Safe Harbor related to the mass storage and processing of data without a purpose limitation for the processing or that data subjects could assert any rights against arbitrary processing. The Freedom Act doesn't help. The safe harbor dilemma has therefore not been resolved.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Patriot Act vs. Freedom Act: US Privacy | activeMind AG . In: activeMind AG . November 7, 2015 ( activemind.de [accessed April 27, 2017]).
- ↑ Patriot Act vs. Freedom Act: US Privacy | activeMind AG . In: activeMind AG . November 7, 2015 ( activemind.de [accessed April 27, 2017]).
- ↑ USA Freedom Act vs. USA PATRIOT Act . In: POLITICO . ( politico.com [accessed April 27, 2017]).