Global News Roundup—August 10-17, 2015

In this week's Privacy Tracker weekly legislative roundup, read about a new draft Network Security Law in China, a modified draft of India’s Human DNA Profiling Bill and opposition to a Pakistani cyber-crime bill. Safe Harbor is also seeing opposition from a group of EU parliamentarians and the UK High Court declared its data retention law unconstitutional. In the U.S., mental health reforms may pose a challenge to patient privacy and Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) intends to present a federal revenge porn bill. Plus, Nevada and California are expanding the definition of personal information, while North Carolina is one step closer to guidelines for operating drones and a Wisconsin state rep wants to protect the Social Security numbers of job seekers.

LATEST NEWS

China has issued a draft Network Security Law, reports Covington & Burling's Inside Privacy.

India’s Department of Biotechnology has released a modified draft of the Human DNA Profiling Bill, but according to one legal researcher privacy concerns remain unaddressed, The Hindu reports.

At a consultation meeting in Islamabad, a Pakistani cyber-crime bill received criticism over concerns that it is overly broad and could criminalize dissent, reports The Express Tribune.

Lexology offers a look at the implications of Remijas v. Neiman Marcus, and looks at Clapper and other case law on establishing harm in data breach cases.

California and Nevada are expanding the definition of personal information and requiring stronger security for companies that share personal information, reports USA Today.

North Carolina’s Senate passed SB 446, which aims to develop guidelines for operating drones, WNCN reports.

Wisconsin Rep. Amy Loudenbeck (R-Clinton) has introduced AB 303 to prohibit the Workforce Development from requiring that job seekers to provide a Social Security number to search for jobs on the Job Center of Wisconsin's website, reports GazetteXtra.

A District Court judge has ruled unconstitutional a Burlington North Carolina ordinance requiring hotels to furnish police with names on their guest registries, reports WXII.

GLOBAL

Safe Harbor negotiations may face opposition from the Europe of Nations and Freedom group of EU Parliamentarians, Sputnik reports.

Kissmetrics looks at anti-spam laws, highlighting certain laws and outlining what marketers need to know and the results complying with them can mean for their businesses. 

U.S.

National Journal reports on the upcoming federal "revenge porn" legislation that will be proposed by Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) in September.

Proposed legislation including the Senate's Mental Health Reform Act and the House's Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act have incited debate over mental health treatment and patient privacy, according to U.S. News and World Report. 

The Federal Communications Commission's Michael O'Rielly and the Federal Trade Commission's Maureen Ohlhausen take umbrage with the FCC's Open Internet Rules initiatives, which they argue will create onerous privacy restrictions for Internet providers. 

U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh's ruling to elevate an email privacy suit against Yahoo to a class-action still stands, according to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which rejected Yahoo's request to overturn Koh's decision, Media Post reports. 

The Seventh Circuit has upheld the dismissal of a suit alleging Advocate Health and Hospitals violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Law360 reports. 

ASIA PACIFIC

India's constitutional bench of the Supreme Court will decide if privacy is a fundamental human right, a move catalyzed by pushback on the government-mandated Aadhaar system, which utilizes biometric information for its citizen ID cards, NDTV reports.

IT Wire reports the Australian Labor Party is urging a rethink on the proposed Telecommunications Act.

EUROPE

The UK High Court this week declared the UK's Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 "incompatible with human rights" and "unlawful," reports Lexology.

Media Post reports that the General Data Protection Regulation may not only mandate breach notification but also increase fines "from tens of thousands to a one-million-euro punishment or five percent of global annual turnover, whichever is greater."