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This week’s Privacy Tracker weekly roundup includes updates on U.S. cybersecurity bills, including two complementary bills passed in the House late last week. Also in the U.S., the Illinois House passed a license-plate reader data protection bill, and the Illinois Senate passed a breach notification bill; Florida’s Senate passed a drone privacy bill, and New York is considering a data security bill. In the EU, a proposed antiterrorism bill in France is getting criticism for its impact on privacy, and internal documents from an EU official propose the creation of a new regulator to oversee Internet companies. Plus read about recent developments in Canada and Australia.
LATEST NEWS
A Florida drone privacy bill has passed in the Senate, reports the Herald-Tribune. The bill would prohibit citizens from using drones to photograph people in the privacy of their homes.
The Illinois Senate has passed a breach notification bill, reports Chicago Tribune. It now heads to the House.
The Illinois House has approved a bill that would limit the use and retention of license-plate scanner data by police, reports Journal-Courier.
Maine is considering a revenge porn law, reports centralmaine.com.
The New York Assembly is considering the Data Security Act, which would require businesses in the state to implement and maintain information-security programs, reports Hunton & Williams’ Privacy & Information Security Law Blog.
An Oregon Senate committee has passed a bill that would prohibit law enforcement from collecting data from wireless devices without a warrant, reports The Tenther.
U.S.
The U.S. House passed two cyber-threat Info sharing bills: Protecting Cyber Networks Act is a bill that would urge companies to share cyberattack information with one another and the government, but many are concerned the bill will violate the privacy of citizens, Computerworld reports, and the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act, which The Hill reports would protect companies from legal liability for sharing cyber-threat information with the Department of Homeland Security.
The Senate discussed two new bipartisan cybersecurity bills, the Data Breach Notification and Punishing Cyber Criminals Act and the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Credit Act, The Hill reports.
Nomi Technologies has reached a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on charges that it misled consumers by promising it would provide an in-store mechanism to opt out of in-store tracking and that consumers would be notified in spaces that are using Nomi's technology.
The American Civil Liberties Union is calling for Congress to let Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act sunset as scheduled on June 1, National Journal reports.
The Hill reports, Senate Democrats "are signaling they will try to amend” the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act over privacy concerns.
Katy Liu, CIPP/E, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, CIPT, assistant vice president of compliance risk for the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, has provided a practical analysis of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
The California State Assembly's Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee unanimously passed a bill that would require consumers to opt in prior to enabling smart TVs' voice-recognition feature, Broadcasting & Cable reports.
Airbnb says California’s proposed SB 593, which would regulate the industry, would harm consumer privacy, Los Angeles Times reports.
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has released a dozen principles "it says will 'serve as the foundation' for any insurance regulation aimed at protecting sensitive customer information kept by insurers and producers," Insurance Business Magazine reports.
CANADA
Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has testified on Bill C-51, saying, "The bill would potentially lead to disproportionately large amounts of personal information of ordinary, law-abiding citizens being collected and shared,” Ottawa Citizen reports.
EU
The Wall Street Journal reports on an internal document prepared by senior officials for EU Digital Commissioner Günther Oettinger that proposes the creation of a "powerful new regulator to oversee a swath of mainly U.S.-based Internet companies."
A group of more than 60 civil rights groups believes EU data protection reforms could undermine privacy rights of individuals around the world, Computerworld reports.
An antiterrorism bill being debated by French lawmakers "would dramatically expand the government's surveillance powers," The Verge reports.
ASIA PACIFIC
Hunton & Williams Partner Manuel Maisog, in this Privacy Perspectives post, discusses a recent American Chamber of Commerce report on data flows between the U.S. and China, and how data localization laws could have detrimental effects not only on data flows and information security but on innovation in China as well.