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Certain provisions of Turkey’s new data protection law go into place in October. New South Wales will not allow court action against privacy violations but plans to propose a revenge porn bill. Hungary’s data protection authority has issued new guidance on conducting employee background checks. Canada has two new privacy torts. The leader of the U.K. Labour Party has released a digital democracy manifesto. And in the U.S., a California bill criminalizing the distribution of a recording or transcript of a private conversation with a health care provider is drawing questions and concerns. This and lots more in this week’s Privacy Tracker legislative roundup.
LATEST NEWS
Hungary’s Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information has issued guidance on when Hungarian employers can conduct background checks on employees or applicants, reports Lexology.
Russia’s Industry and Trade Minister has reportedly said the government will not spend money executing new anti-terrorism laws requiring telecom and Internet operators to store customer data, reports Prime Business News Agency.
The government of New South Wales has rejected advice to allow residents to take court actions against privacy invasions, reports ITNews.
New South Wales will introduce a revenge porn bill and this month will release a discussion paper on options for the proposal, reports ComputerWorld.
Leader of the U.K. Labour Party has introduced the “digital democracy manifesto,” proposing a constitutional settlement for online privacy rights, reports SCMagazine.
A bill in the California legislature would make distributing a recording or transcript of a private conversation with a health care provider illegal, reports The Daily Caller.
The Florida Information Protection Act brings breach notification and stronger compliance requirements, reports CSO Online.
Missouri has passed a bill allowing some adoptees more rights to access their birth certificates, reports Southeast Missourian.
A Wisconsin appeals court ruling means state health privacy laws do not cover internal records access, reports Modern Healthcare.
ICYMI
Lisa Ellman and Jared Bomberg of Hogan Lovells write for Privacy Tracker about the privacy implications of the FAA’s long-awaited small unmanned aircraft systems rule.
IAPP Westin Fellow Calli Schroeder examines for Privacy Tracker the regulatory blind spot left by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling against the Federal Trade Commission in a case involving AT&T’s “throttling” of data for customers promised “unlimited” data plans.
During the IAPP’s Sept. 22 English-language web conference, “Top 10 Operational Impacts of the GDPR,” hear from an expert panel, featuring current and former regulators, about what the new law says and how you can begin to set up your operations for compliance on day one.
US
The Federal Trade Commission is asking for public comment on its Safeguards Rule as the agency reviews its rules and guidelines.
A new Federal Trade Commission blog post has tackled the National Institute for Standards and Technology’s framework and how it meshes with the FTC’s data security principles, the agency reports in a press release.
The Colorado Supreme Court has decided not to review the case of public school teachers’ leave of absence records, thus upholding the Colorado Court of Appeals’ ruling that they are public information, the Post Independent Citizen Telegram reports.
ASIA PACIFIC
BBC News reports Iran has finished the first phase of implementing its own “national internet,” allowing users access to e-government services and domestic webpages. The second phase is due out in February 2017, adding domestic video content, with the final phase scheduled for March 2017.
The Australian Privacy Foundation has expressed concern over the federal government’s proposed online, singular, “federated identity,” Gizmodo reports
An op-ed in The New Zealand Herald highlights privacy concerns with the New Zealand Ministry of Education’s forthcoming “centralized digital storehouse” for student data.
CANADA
Writing for Lexology, the Baker & McKenzie privacy team rounds up two new privacy torts that have been established in the past year; “intrusion upon seclusion” and “public disclosure of private facts.”
The CRTC announced this week that cereal-maker Kellogg Canada has agreed to pay a $60,000 fine following an alleged CASL violation.
EUROPE
U.K. Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham issued a statement on WhatsApp announcing it will start sharing data with Facebook.