Colombia’s Supreme Court has ruled that parents monitoring their children’s online accounts does not, in the eyes of the law, violate the minors’ privacy; Russia’s data protection authority is trying to help businesses understand the soon-to-be enacted data localization law, and in Korea, 23 individuals and 10 companies are being indicted for privacy violations. In the U.S., an Illinois biometric privacy law is being put to the test, and if it holds up, it may become a model for others; Maine has a new drone privacy law, and Wyoming lawmakers are looking at including privacy and open-government protections in the state’s constitution. Also in this week’s Privacy Tracker roundup, updates on CISA and the newly proposed Federal Computer Security Act 2015.

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Russia’s data protection authority has been holding meetings with business associations to clarify the country’s localization law that goes into effect September 1, reports Norton Rose Fulbright’s Data Protection Report.

Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Tom Carper (D-DE) have introduced the Federal Computer Security Act of 2015, which would require inspectors general and the Government Accountability Office to report on security practices and software.

Delaware has passed a suite of four laws aimed at protecting citizens’ and children’s privacy, including legislation to prevent ed-tech providers from selling student’s personal information and limitations on advertising on sites and apps targeted at children, reports Delaware 105.9.

Despite its governor’s unwillingness to sign the legislation, among others, Maine has a new drone privacy bill.

U.S.

A Senate effort to pass the controversial Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act stalled last week, leaving the fate of the bill uncertain, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) will introduce a bill to battle so-called revenge pornon September 9, according to U.S. News and World Report.

Privacy-minded members of Congress aim to curb federal use of Stingrays, which function similarly to cell-phone towers, allowing phones within a certain space to connect and unknowingly share information with agencies like the FBI, USA Today reports.

ASIA PACIFIC

Chinese search engine Baidu has won its appeal in the Intermediate People's Court of Nanjing City, which said its “use of cookies to personalize advertisements directed at consumers on partner third-party websites does not infringe consumer rights of privacy," the Hogan Lovells Chronicle of Data Protection reports.

EUROPE

Reuters reports that Safe Harbor talks between the EU and U.S. are in their final stages and an agreement could be finalized "after the summer.”