In this week's Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, read about the European Union's adoption of an adequacy decision with Japan and Japan's equivalent decision with the EU. Google announced it will appeal the $57 million fine handed out by the French data protection authority. In the U.S., the Illinois Supreme Court has decided against Six Flags in its case challenging the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act.
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Ambassadors from the European Union endorsed an agreement that would prevent the misuse of personal data in European Parliment elections.
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Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers proposed House Bill 2478 that would make it illegal for a company to use biometric data for commercial uses, the Arizona Mirror reports.
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The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled police did not violate privacy rights when entering a private residence under the emergency assistance doctrine, which allows warrantless entry in order to protect from harm or aid injured occupants, according to U.S. News and World Report.
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In an article for The Privacy Advisor, Gabor Gerencser, CIPP/E, writes on the European Union’s adequacy decision with Japan, with Japan also recognizing the EU as a jurisdiction with an adequate level of data protection.
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Victorianne Musonza, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP, writes for Privacy Tracker about the recent large-scale breaches affecting state residents and the proposed measures to amend North Carolina’s data breach notification law.
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ASIA-PACIFIC
A Japanese communications ministry panel recommends the country revise its privacy laws to cover tech companies with data centers and other facilities overseas, The Japan Times reports.
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EUROPE
An Amsterdam district court ruled in favor of a Dutch surgeon in a right-to-be-forgotten case, the Guardian reports.
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The Dutch data protection authority, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, has asked 30 private organizations to turn over information about the data-processing agreements they have with third parties, according to a post from Hunton Andrews Kurth's Privacy & Information Security Law Blog.
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The European Data Protection Board gathered in Brussels for its sixth plenary session to discuss the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield agreement.
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Politico reports Google will appeal the $57 million fine handed out by the French data protection authority, the CNIL, over alleged violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission explained why Facebook wants the Irish Supreme Court to reverse the decision made by the High Court to refer the validate of data transfer channels to the Court of Justice of the European Union, The Irish Times reports.
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The U.K. Home Office has rejected an appointment made by the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office for its head of investigations position, Computer Weekly reports.
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The New York Times reports on the challenges associated with regulating artificial intelligence as senior policymakers from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development met in an attempt to create recommendations for how to address AI.
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World leaders called for global oversight of the tech industry at the World Economic Forum, The New York Times reports.
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US
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued an emergency directive over concerns federal agencies could be exploited to gain access to platforms used to manage domain name system records, CyberScoop reports.
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After it held appellate hearings last week, the Illinois Supreme Court has decided against Six Flags in its case challenging the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act, CapitolFax.com reports.
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The White House announced U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated DocuSign Chairman and former CEO Keith Krach to be the undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy, and the environment.
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