In this week’s global legislative roundup, France’s data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, proposed fining advertising technology company Criteo 60 million euros. U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner Noah Phillips will resign this fall. And India’s Parliament pulls the draft Data Protection Bill from consideration this session.
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Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, announced a public consultation for its regulatory agenda 2023 to 2024.
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TechCrunch reports France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertes, issued preliminary notice of a 60 million euro fine to advertising technology company Criteo over EU General Data Protection Regulation violations.
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U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner Noah Phillips will resign from his post this fall, Politico reports.
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The Washington Post Editorial Board wrote an op-ed urging U.S. Congress to pass the proposed American Data Privacy and Protection Act.
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Enforcement
Hong Kong’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data arrested an unidentified woman over alleged doxxing of individuals over social media, The Standard reports.
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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada announced health analytics company Biron Groupe Santé halted improper marketing emails following an investigation.
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Global News reports the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada began an investigation into the country's ArriveCAN application, which collects health and personal data from those entering Canadian borders.
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Germany’s State Commissioner for Data Protection of Lower Saxony issued a 900,000 euro fine to an unnamed bank for an alleged EU General Data Protection Regulation violation.
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Moldova and Poland’s data protection regulators signed the bilateral Personal Data Protection Cooperation Agreement, according to Moldova’s National Center for Personal Data Protection.
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Asia-Pacific
Sources close to Indian Parliament indicated the government mapped out four topics to consider dropping or fine-tuning in its fresh data protection proposal, Financial Express reports.
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TechCrunch reports Indian Parliament pulled the draft Data Protection Bill from consideration.
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Europe
The Court of Justice of the European Union rendered a decision clarifying how indirect disclosure of sexual orientation data is protected under Article 9 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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US
The Markup reports on reactions to the ongoing debate over the proposed American Data Privacy and Protection Act's preemption of state privacy laws, specifically in California.
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CNBC reports on the potential for U.S. Congress to act on the proposed American Data Privacy and Protection Act when both chambers return from summer recess Sept. 6.
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U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Ranking Member Roger Wicker, R-Miss., intend to keep pushing for consideration and hopeful passage of the proposed American Data Privacy and Protection Act, Axios reports.
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., and Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., introduced the Improving Cybersecurity of Credit Unions Act.
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Guidance
Australia’s Salinger Privacy published a guide to ensure a successful privacy impact assessment.
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France’s CNIL created tools to help professional sports teams comply with data protection regulations.
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