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.
THE LATEST
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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Fox Rothschild Partner, Chair of GDPR Compliance and International Privacy Odia Kagan, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP, breaks down the lessons to be learned from the 2.5 million euro EU General Data Protection Regulation fine handed down by Italy's data protection authority.
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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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ENFORCEMENT
Following a request from the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, the European Data Protection Board published an overview of 2021 funding for EU data protection authorities by member states and enforcement actions carried out by DPAs.
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ASIA-PACIFIC
The National People's Congress of China confirmed the draft Personal Information Protection Law will be read a third time during the NPC Standing Committee's 30th meeting Aug. 17 to 20.
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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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