In this week's Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, China will consider final passage of the Personal Information Protection Law this week. IAPP Editorial Director Jedidiah Bracy, CIPP, spoke with Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted about the proposed Ohio Privacy Protection Act. The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office opened a consultation period for its draft international data transfer agreement and guidance. And more organizations are offering their perspectives on the EU's proposed regulation on artificial intelligence.

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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has updated guidance documents to reaffirm some of the types of personal information classified as sensitive in the context of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.
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Norway's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, issued a 100,000 euro fine to a company over its unlawful use and insufficient transparency around a closed-circuit television system used to monitor customers and employees.
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ICYMI

In response to the European Commission's proposed regulation on artificial intelligence, the Information Accountability Foundation suggested a revision to the GDPR to accommodate knowledge creation. IAF's Martin Abrams, Peter Cullen and Barbara Lawler, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP, and Indicium's Lynn Goldstein, CIPP/US, outlined the suggestion in a Privacy Perspectives post.
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IAPP Editorial Director Jedidiah Bracy, CIPP, recently caught up with Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to discuss the proposed Ohio Privacy Protection Act and what the bill could mean for the future of privacy law at the state, federal and international levels.
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ASIA-PACIFIC

The National People's Congress of China confirmed the More

Mongolia's State Great Khural announced it has begun consideration of the Draft Law on the Protection of Personal Information.
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EUROPE

Hogan Lovells published its comments to the European Commission's consultation on the EU's proposed regulation on artificial intelligence.
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France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés, issued its opinion on the country's new vaccine health pass law.
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The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office opened a consultation period for its draft international data transfer agreement and guidance. The IDTA will replace the current set of standard contractual clauses. The ICO also opened a consultation period on data protection and employment practices as it prepares to release new guidance products.
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US

ZDNet reports on the compliance challenges organizations may face as they prepare for the California Privacy Rights Act.
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