In this week's Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, learn about the main elements of Portgual’s data protection law, which recently went into effect. Sharp Cookie Advisors Partner Sofia Edvardsen, CIPP/E, breaks down the first fine administered by the Swedish data protection authority under the EU General Data Protection Regulation. Amy de La Lama, CIPP/US, and Brian Hengesbaugh, CIPP/US, take a look at requirements on disclosures and the sale of personal information within the California Consumer Privacy Act. The Greek Parliament passed legislation to incorporate the GDPR into national law and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia ruled political parties are subject to provincial privacy laws.
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Egypt Today looks at the privacy law currently in consideration by the country's government.
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A Financial Express op-ed by Abir Roy argues why India needs a comprehensive data protection law.
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In an op-ed for The Hill, Ignacio N. Cofone discusses why a federal U.S. privacy law needs to include privacy harms.
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The Civil Justice Association of California warns a law that requires companies to inform citizens about what data they collect will result in an increase in frivolous lawsuits.
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The Supreme Court of North Carolina heard arguments about whether UNC-Chapel Hill should release the records of instances of sexual assault on campus.
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ICYMI
EU member states have approved a mandate for the European Commission to launch international negotiations with the U.S. to speed and streamline cross-border access to electronic evidence in criminal investigations. David Thomas has the details in this piece for The Privacy Advisor.
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Caetano de Freitas & Associados' Ana Menezes Monteiro, CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, FIP, covers the main elements of Portugal's data protection law, which recently went into effect, in this piece for Privacy Tracker.
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Sharp Cookie Advisors Partner Sofia Edvardsen, CIPP/E, breaks down the first fine administered by the the Swedish data protection authority, Datainspektionen, under the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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IAPP Staff Writer Joseph Duball talks to privacy professionals and representatives from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on the agency's review of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
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Amy de La Lama, CIPP/US, and Brian Hengesbaugh, CIPP/US, take a look at requirements on disclosures and the sale of personal information within the California Consumer Privacy Act, in this piece for The Privacy Advisor.
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ASIA-PACIFIC
A discussion paper published by the Australian government states new legislation to ease data sharing by public-sector agencies will be accompanied by new data breach notification rules.
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Australia and New Zealand are ramping up efforts to increase data privacy with new or improved regulations and standards.
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Indian Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Ajay Prakash Sawhney has said the government hopes to have a draft data protection bill introduced to Parliament during its winter session.
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CANADA
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia ruled political parties are subject to provincial privacy laws.
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EUROPE
The Greek Parliament passed legislation to incorporate the EU General Data Protection Regulation into national law.
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The Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the Spanish Supreme Court ruled information gathered via an individual's use of electricity constitutes personal data.
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US
In an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, the publication’s editorial board writes that efforts to create a strong California Consumer Privacy Act should be honored by not allowing big tech companies to lobby for less stringent legislation.
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Police officers will see their right to privacy lose weight in court cases following a decision by the California Supreme Court.
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The legality of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act is being challenged in a Cook County Circuit Court by grocery company Albertsons.
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Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Ill., has signed off on amendments to the Illinois Student Online Personal Protection Act.
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