Scotland’s “named person” scheme is getting attention for questions around whether it violates privacy, with the Labour Party calling to limit the plan to children under 16. In Pakistan, the Prevention of Electronic Crimes bill passed the Senate, prompting concerns from a civil society group. The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield is operational; however, Hamburg’s data protection commissioner has indicated he will challenge it in the Court of Justice of the European Union. In the U.S., a new Alabama proposal has beer drinkers concerned about their privacy, and Rhode Island has a new law requiring police to get a warrant before accessing location data from mobile service providers.
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The Irish DPA is set to release guidelines on app users’ right to location privacy, reports The Independent.
The civil society in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is concerned about Pakistan’s Senate passing the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill, saying it violates freedom of expression, privacy and more, reports The News International.
Scotland’s Labour Party is calling for the government to limit the “named person” scheme to minors under 16 as opposed to 18, which was originally proposed, reports Daily Record.
The Christian Institute reports that the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office has called for Scottish councils to review pilots of the “named person” program.
Alabama’s alcohol regulator is considering a rule that would see breweries collecting the name, address and age of certain customers, reports the Associated Press.
Both candidates for California’s open Senate seat — California Attorney General Kamala Harris, D, and Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D, — have plans to make privacy a priority, reports Bloomberg BNA.
Rhode Island’s governor has signed a law requiring warrants for police to access to location data from cellphones and other devices via service providers, reports The Newport Buzz.
ICYMI
David Meyer, in this exclusive for The Privacy Advisor, writes about Hamburg Data Protection CommisionerJohannes Caspar’s intent to challenge the European Commission's decision to strike the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield deal.
In this latest Privacy Tracker update on student privacy law from Data Quality Campaign, read about what the two major party platforms have to say about student data collection and use, and the appointees to the Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission.
U.S.
Following a report on privacy by design in drones, the White House announced it will work on strengthening the integration of drone technologyby hosting workshops and deploying drones in different scenarios, Broadcasting & Cable reports.
The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield is fully operational, as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has opened registration for U.S. companies, the European Commission announced in a press release.
ASIA PACIFIC
A New Zealand Ministry of Education plan to create a centralized digital database for school records has some questioning the privacy implications, RNZ reports.
CANADA
In an interview with The Telegram, Newfoundland and Labrador's newly appointed Information and Privacy Commissioner Donovan Molloy discusses elements of the role he looks forward to tackling and his goals for the province’s privacy.
In what’s being described as a “landmark” decision for the transgender community, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta has decided trans students have the right to protect their birth names from becoming public information, Global News reports.
EUROPE
In this edition of the The Privacy Advisor Podcast, Dutch Data Protection Authority Chairman Jacob Kohnstamm, who just left his post, talks to Angelique Carson, CIPP/US, about his experiences.