In this week’s Privacy Tracker legislative roundup, read about a request from Germany’s commissioners for the federal legislator to offer DPAs an independent right of action against European Commission adequacy decisions. In Brazil, privacy advocates are concerned about a vote on seven cyber crime proposals that is expected this week. The U.S. House unanimously passed the Email Privacy Act, putting pressure on the Senate to address the issue; the Supreme Court ruled that judges can approve warrants for accessing computers outside their jurisdictions; and the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed a bill levying heavy punishments for “swatting.” Plus, Colorado’s student privacy bill has received unanimous support from the state Senate and Louisiana and New Hampshire are moving forward on drone bills.
LATEST NEWS
A vote in Brazil’s full lower house of Congress on the Parliamentary Commission on Cybercrime’s proposed cybercrime bills has been postponed until May 3, reports the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Germany’s federal and state commissioners adopted a resolution urging the federal legislator to give data protection authorities an independent right to legal action against European Commission adequacy decisions, reports Privacy This Week.
JD Supra reports on a House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing to evaluate the 1974 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and how Congress should update it.
The Colorado House has unanimously approved a student privacy bill thatwould require students’ PII to be destroyed after a certain time period and require the state board of education to monitor contractors that have access to student PII, reports Norton Rose’s Data Protection Report.
The Louisiana House and Senate are considering drone bills that would criminalize trespassing and surveillance by drones, reports The Times-Picayune.
The New Hampshire Senate has given preliminary approval to a drone privacy bill requiring consent to fly a drone over private property, reports the Union Leader.
ICYMI
The U.K. Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee formally approved Elizabeth Denham as the next Information Commissioner, read about it in The Privacy Advisor.
U.S.
The Email Privacy Act unanimously passed through the House of Representatives Wednesday, with the bill now heading to an uncertain future in the Senate, The Hill reports.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed a bill levying heavy punishments for individuals committing the prank known as “swatting” — a form of online trolling, The Washington Post reports.
The Supreme Court approved an update to Rule 41 on Thursday, effectively expanding judges’abilities to issue warrants for access to computers outside of their jurisdictions, Morning Consult reports. The move has drawn criticism from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and several privacy advocates.
EUROPE
Following a string of cases involving the unauthorized disclosure of personal health data, the Norwegian data protection authority will now require companies to alert individuals who have had personal data disclosed without consent, Bloomberg BNA reports.