This week’s Privacy Tracker legislative roundup reports on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development releasing a global version of the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA); however, two Ontario women filed a suit against the Attorney General of Canada claiming that by complying with FATCA, Canada has violated the rights of almost a million Canadians. Meanwhile, Russia has reportedly banned anonymous use of public WiFi; more questions surround Australia’s data retention scheme, and the UK Information Commissioner’s Office is asking for more power to fight spammers. In the U.S., Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) voiced concerns over health-tracking apps; the Department of Justice has weighed in on the Microsoft data discovery case, and New Hampshire’s new social media law goes into effect next month.

LATEST NEWS

Russia has banned anonymous use of WiFi at public venues such as restaurants, requiring communications providers to identify users with a “full name confirmed by an ID,” ZDNet reports.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation posted a blog outlining reasons Mexico and Australia need to overhaul their data retention mandates.

New Hampshire now has a social media privacy law, reports the National Law Review.

U.S.

A California federal judge has dismissed a putative class-action against Google alleging the company violated a contract with usersby giving their private data to third-party app developers, reports Law360. (Registration may be required to access this story.)

Organizations that conduct business with the Department of Defense will face new rules for reporting computer breaches, and some fear the rules could hurt small- to medium-sized businesses, Bloomberg reports.

CANADA

EU

Aiming to develop model terms for cloud computing contracts, including service-level agreements, an industry working group including Google, Microsoft, Amazon and others has submitted guidelines on cloud service level agreements to the European Commission, JD Supra reports.

Privacy This Week reports the European Commission has announced two new technical standards to help RFID users comply with requirements under the Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) and the European Commission's 2009 Recommendation on RFID.

ASIA PACIFIC

Antifraud specialists in China were prosecuted for "misusing private information," creating “uncertainties for doing business in China,"The Wall Street Journal reports, although one of the two argued their work helped clients shine a light on corruption and cheating. (Registration may be required to access this story.)