In Canada, commissioners have combined efforts to come up with new BYOD guidelines, and Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner Jill Clayton is fighting a ruling she says limits her power to hold the government accountable. Also in this week’s Privacy Tracker legislative roundup, read about the new draft cybersecurity strategy adopted by the Japanese government. The Electronic Frontier Foundation says the Peruvian Congressional Committee on Constitution and Regulations will be the final word on that country’s new data retention law after its review, expected in the next few weeks. And in the U.S., California lawmakers are pushing for restrictions on drones, and SB 1833, an amendment to the Illinois Personal Information Protection Act Personal Information Protection Act, is awaiting the governor’s signature.

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The Peruvian Congressional Committee on Constitution and Regulations will review the government’s data retention decree in the coming weeks, the Electronic Frontier Foundation reports, noting that it will decide the ultimate fate of the decree.

An op-ed in the News-Gazette touts the benefits of Illinois’ SB 1833, an amendment to the Personal Information Protection Act, currently waiting for the signature of Gov. Bruce Rauner to become law.

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The Federal Communications Commission is planning to develop new privacy rules for Internet providers this fall, following its net neutrality decision earlier this year, and those rules "could have big implications for companies like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast," The Washington Post reports.

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