In this week's Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, learn about the COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act, which is set to be introduced by U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss. The Israeli Supreme Court made a decision that sets out the rules for lawful tracking in a pandemic outbreak. The Argentine Agency of Access to Public Information and Uruguayan Regulatory and Personal Data Control Unit recently published the "Data Protection Impact Assessment Guidelines," and President Jair Bolsonaro issued an order to postpone the enforcement of the Brazilian General Data Protection Law to May 3, 2021, due to COVID-19.
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Privacy laws in Texas are preventing the state from releasing figures on the number of people who have died from COVID-19 in long-term care facilities.
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ICYMI
In this episode of The Privacy Advisor Podcast, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe attorneys Keily Blair, CIPP/E, and James Lloyd describe the uptick in civil litigation claims they're seeing due to the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the ways it is changing things, including how companies interact with data protection authorities.
The Argentine Agency of Access to Public Information and Uruguayan Regulatory and Personal Data Control Unit recently published the “Data Protection Impact Assessment Guidelines.” Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal Partner Diego Fernández and Ferrere Abogados Partner Martin Pesce examine the guidelines in this piece for Privacy Tracker.
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The U.S. COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act, which contains protections for personal information, was announced April 30 and will be introduced by Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss. IAPP Senior Westin Research Fellow Müge Fazlioglu, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, examines the bill in this Privacy Tracker piece.
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ASIA-PACIFIC
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission issued a three-month delay of enforcement of the Consumer Data Right.
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The Cyberspace Administration of China and 11 agencies have released the Measures for Cybersecurity Review, which will take force June 1.
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New Zealand removed cellphone data collection provisions from a short-term bill aimed at security for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in November 2021.
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The High Court of Kerala issued a number of directives to address data confidentiality concerns over a contract with U.S. company Sprinklr for processing data related to COVID-19 cases.
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CANADA
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains said he could not say which provision within the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act would cover a contact tracing app.
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EUROPE
A European Parliament draft report on the Digital Services Act called for the European Commission to limit data collection for targeted advertising to stop the spread of "attention seeking and sensationalist" content.
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The New York Times reports on enforcement challenges surrounding the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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The Belgian data protection authority, Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit, provided its opinion on preliminary draft Royal Decrees on COVID-19 apps and their databases.
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Russia's Ministry of Communications is calling on the government to postpone the enforcement of some requirements under the country's data retention law.
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State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said a working group is preparing legislation on cyber fraud and the use of biometric data.
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The U.K. Supreme Court ruled Home Secretary Sajid Javid breached the Data Protection Act by providing witness statements on two suspected Islamic State group terrorists to U.S. law enforcement.
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LATIN AMERICA
President Jair Bolsonaro issued an order to postpone the enforcement of the Brazilian General Data Protection Law to May 3, 2021, due to COVID-19.
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US
Law firm Kelley Drye & Warren examines the full extent of the non-discrimination right provided by the California Consumer Privacy Act.
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U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Timothy Kelly approved Facebook's $5 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
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