Canada’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics is debating a change to Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. Singapore has extended its Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act to prosecute those companies that transact with breached data, even though they were not initially responsible for the breach. And in the U.S., President Donald Trump has signed into law a repeal of the Federal Communications Commission broadband privacy rules; Vermont is considering a bill regulating data brokers; Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana and Washington are moving on bills to counteract the repeal of the FCC broadband privacy rules.
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EPIC reports that U.S. Sens. Edward Markey, D-Mass., and Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, have reintroduced the Protection Student Privacy Act.
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The Colorado Senate Finance Committee passed a bill amending a reporting and notice law to remove a reporting requirement for out-of-state retailers that some say invades consumers’ privacy, reports BNA.
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Connecticut lawmakers have introduced a bill requiring telecoms, ISPs, video services providers and ISPs to get customer consent prior to sharing or selling their data.
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Republicans in the Massachusetts Senate have filed a bill requiring ISPs to get customer consent prior to using or selling their data, reports the Associated Press.
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The Minnesota Senate passed an omnibus jobs and spending bill including an amendment to prohibiting ISPs and other telecoms from selling user data without consent, reports Minnesota Lawyer.
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Minnesota lawmakers in both houses of Minnesota’s legislature are moving quickly on efforts to counteract the repeal of the Federal Communications Commission’s broadband privacy rules, reports Southernminn.
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The Missoulian reports that three privacy bills are awaiting the governor’s signature after receiving strong bipartisan support in both houses of the Montana legislature.
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The Tennessee legislature has amended a law aiming to reinstate the state’s encryption safe harbor, reports JD Supra.
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Vermont legislators are consider a bill that would require data brokers to register with the state, submit annual reports, and implement a customer ID program, reports Valley News.
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The Seattle Times reports on a bipartisan effort to prohibit ISPs from selling or using consumers’ privacy information without consent in Washington.
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ICYMI
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed into law the repeal of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's broadband privacy rules. Angelique Carson, CIPP/US, reports on the response from industry and more in this exclusive for The Privacy Advisor.
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This Privacy Tracker series looks at laws from across the globe and matches them up against the EU General Data Protection Regulation. In this first installment, Tay Nguyen, CIPP/US, explores the relationship between provisions of the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and rules for handling children's data in the GDPR.
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In this Privacy Tracker post, Timothy Banks, CIPP/C, CIPM, explores themes emerging out of a review of PIPEDA by Canada’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics
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US
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and 10 other Democratic senators have introduced a Federal Communications Commission broadband privacy rule reinstatement bill, Broadcasting & Cable Reports.
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers are introducing legislation mandating that law enforcement officials obtain a warrant before searching U.S. citizens’ phones and prohibiting them from stopping Americans from crossing the border if they do not share their passwords, BuzzFeed reports.
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AFRICA
The Ugandan government has given telecoms access to citizens' personal data, held by the National Identification and Registration Authority, in an effort to better enforce new Sim card registration directives, AllAfrica reports.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Singapore has extended its Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act to prosecute those companies that transact with breached data, even though they were not initially responsible for the breach, ZDNet reports.
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The Sri Lankan cabinet has approved the drafting of amendments that would establish a Digital Identity Council, Lanka Business Online reports. The council would oversee the implementation of the national policy on data collection, transfer and storage within the Household Transfer Management project.
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CANADA
A “private right of action” that will go into effect on July 1 will allow plaintiff-side class-action lawyers to sue companies for violating Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation, Financial Post reports.
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EUROPE
The European Parliament adopted a resolution criticizing the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield agreement. German Green MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht calls upon the European Commission and EU Justice Commissioner Věra Jourová to ensure more is done to protect European citizens’ data.
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European Union Justice Commissioner Věra Jourová confirmed that the first review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield agreement will take place in September 2017.
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