[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3493-3494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01990]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[Attorney General Order No. 4381-2019]


Judicial Redress Act of 2015; Attorney General Designations

AGENCY: Office of the Attorney General; United States Department of 
Justice.

ACTION: Notice of designation by the Attorney General of a ``covered 
country.''

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Judicial Redress Act of 2015, relating 
to the extension of certain Privacy Act remedies to citizens of 
designated countries, notice is given that the Attorney General has 
designated the United Kingdom as a ``covered country.''

DATES: The designation herein is effective on April 1, 2018, the date 
the U.S.-EU Data Protection and Privacy Agreement becomes applicable to 
the United Kingdom.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Burrows, Associate Director, 
Office of International Affairs, Criminal Division, United States 
Department of Justice, 1301 New York Avenue, Suite 900, Washington, DC 
20005, 202-514-0080.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 1, 2017, an executive agreement 
entered into force between the United States (``U.S.'') and the 
European Union (``EU'') (collectively, ``Parties'') for the protection 
of personal information relating to the prevention, investigation, 
detection, and prosecution of criminal offenses. The agreement, 
commonly known in the United States as the Data Protection and Privacy 
Agreement (``DPPA''), establishes a set of protections that the Parties 
are to apply to personal information exchanged for the purpose of 
preventing, detecting, investigating, or prosecuting criminal offenses. 
Article 19 of the DPPA establishes an obligation for the Parties to 
provide, in their domestic law, specific judicial redress rights to 
each other's citizens. The Judicial Redress Act, Public Law 114-126, 
130 Stat. 282 (5 U.S.C. 552a note), is implementing legislation for 
Article 19.
    Under Article 27 of the DPPA, Denmark, Ireland, and the United 
Kingdom (``UK'') are excluded from the Agreement unless the European 
Commission (``EC'') notifies the U.S. that those countries have decided 
that the Agreement shall apply to them. Such notice was provided for 
Ireland in January 2017, and it was designated at the same time as 25 
other EU members.
    On March 9, 2018, the EC notified the U.S. that the DPPA shall 
apply to the UK as of April 1, 2018. The U.S., under the terms of the 
DPPA, is therefore required to provide certain judicial redress rights 
to citizens of the UK as of April 1, 2018.

Determinations and Designations Pursuant to Section 2(d)(1)

    For purposes of implementing section 2(d)(1) of the Judicial 
Redress Act:

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    (1) The Attorney General has determined that the UK has entered 
into an agreement with the U.S. that provides for appropriate privacy 
protections for information shared for the purpose of preventing, 
investigating, detecting, or prosecuting criminal offenses; to wit, the 
DPPA;
    (2) The Attorney General has determined that the UK permits the 
transfer of personal data for commercial purposes between its territory 
and the territory of the U.S., through an agreement with the U.S. or 
otherwise;
    (3) The Attorney General has certified that the policies regarding 
the transfer of personal data for commercial purposes and related 
actions of the UK do not materially impede the national security 
interests of the U.S.; and
    (4) The Attorney General has obtained the concurrence of the 
Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to designate the UK as a ``covered country.''
    (5) The UK has been designated as a ``covered county,'' effective 
on April 1, 2018, the date of the DPPA's entry into force with respect 
to the UK.

Determinations and Designations Pursuant to Section 2(e)(1)

    For purposes of implementing section 2(e)(1) of the Judicial 
Redress Act:
    (1) The Attorney General has determined that information exchanged 
by the Federal agencies and components specified in 82 FR 7860 (Jan. 
23, 2017) with the UK is within the scope of the DPPA; and
    (2) The Attorney General has obtained the concurrence of the head 
of the relevant agency, or of the head of the agency to which the 
component belongs, as needed, for the ``designated Federal agency or 
component'' designations specified in 82 FR 7860 (Jan. 23, 2017).

Non-Retroactivity

    No cause of action shall be afforded by the Judicial Redress Act 
retroactively with respect to any record transferred from the UK prior 
to the date of the DPPA's entry into force with respect to the UK, on 
April 1, 2018.

Non-Reviewable Determination

    In accordance with section 2(f) of the Judicial Redress Act, the 
determinations by the Attorney General described in this notice shall 
not be subject to judicial or administrative review.

    Dated: February 6, 2019.
Matthew G. Whitaker,
Acting Attorney General.
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