In this week's Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, read about the latest to voice support for a U.S. federal privacy law, including Google's Sundar Pichai and U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chair Joseph Simons. The European Data Protection Board released its opinion on the European Commission’s draft implementing a decision on Japan’s adequacy standing. Australia and Chinese Taipei became the latest to join Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation's Cross-Border Privacy Rules System. While the Italian Competition and Market Authority announced it fined Facebook and Facebook Ireland 10 million euros for its violations of the country’s Consumer Code, Ireland’s data protection commissioner announced it will investigate the company for a number of data breaches.
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U.S. Senate Democrats are pushing back against attempts to pass a compromise bill that could speed the introduction of driverless cars onto U.S. roadways, saying it lacks safeguards that would protect drivers, the Washington Post reports.
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The U.S. Senate cleared the Department of Homeland Security Data Framework Act, which will boost information sharing and data access at the Department of Homeland Security, FCW reports.
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Rhode Island is launching the Rhode Island Online Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Commission, an 11-member commission studying online privacy protections, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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ICYMI
IAPP Senior Content Manager Emily Leach, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, offers some insight on how to use the "EU Member State GDPR Derogation Implementation Tracker" tool and its creation in this Privacy Perspectives post.
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Argentina's Agency of Access to Public Information approved a set of guidelines for binding corporate rules as a mechanism available to multinational companies to legitimize international data transfers within their group. Mariano Peruzzotti offers an overview of the requirements and conditions imposed by the guidelines in this Privacy Tracker post.
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Australia and ChineseTaipei have become the latest economies to join the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation's Cross-Border Privacy Rules System, Molly Hulefeld reports for The Privacy Advisor.
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Listen to this web conference as nNovation Partner Shaun Brown gives an overview of Canada’s new breach notification requirements, how they compare to notification rules found in the Alberta Personal Information Protection Act, and insights on when the law applies.
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In this analysis for The Privacy Advisor, IAPP Westin Research Fellow Mitchell Noordyke, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, provides a review of recent New York Attorney General’s Office and FTC COPPA settlements to reveal what might have led to the large fine and how your organization can avoid being caught in the same situation.
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US
Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, introduced new federal privacy legislation Wednesday that has the support of 14 Democrat senators.
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In a blog post, the Center for Democracy & Technology’s Michelle Richardson, Nuala O'Connor, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, Natasha Duarte, and Joseph Jerome, CIPP/US, outlined the thinking behind the CDT’s federal privacy law proposal, which is now open for discussion
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights has called for feedback on ways to improve guidance within the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in regards to data sharing and privacy, HealthITSecurity reports.
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U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chair Joseph Simons said he is in favor of a federal privacy law but offered warnings about its potential consequences, AdExchanger reports.
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The Washington Post reports on a strategy document released from the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s investigations panel, which suggests that companies revamp how they find and fix vulnerabilities in internet-connected devices.
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ASIA-PACIFIC
A group of global technology giants behind the Reform Government Surveillance coalition voiced opposition to Australia’s Assistance and Access Bill, which passed last week, The Australian Financial Review reports.
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At a recent meeting of the Council of Australian Governments, federal, state and territory governments agreed to new cyber incident management arrangements that will shape how they coordinate in the event of a national cyber incident, iTNews reports.
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A 374-page preliminary report published by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission called for 11 preliminary recommendations and nine areas for further analysis and assessment as the agency continues its investigation into the potential misuse of market power by Google and Facebook, The Canberra Times reports.
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The National Privacy Commission of the Philippines has intensified its monitoring efforts to ensure compliance to Republic Act No. 10173 or the Data Privacy Act of 2012, the Philippine News Agency reports.
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CANADA
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled citizens have the right to privacy over the materials stored on a machine they share with other individuals, The Canadian Press reports.
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The Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce urges the federal government to update privacy legislation in response to Statistics Canada’s plan to obtain the financial information of 500,000 citizens, Global News reports.
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EUROPE
European Parliament Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee Chair Claude Moraes has called for tougher regulation against social media platforms after the U.K. Parliament's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee released internal Facebook documents revealing the tech company gave some companies special access to user data, CNBC reports.
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The European Data Protection Supervisor welcomed Regulation 2018/1725.
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The European Data Protection Board has adopted Guidelines 4/2018 on the accreditation of certification bodies under Article 43 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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The Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information announced it plans to investigate Chinese bike-sharing company Mobike for potential violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation, Pymnts reports.
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The European Data Protection Board released its opinion on the European Commission’s draft implementing a decision on Japan’s adequacy standing.
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Ireland’s data protection commissioner announced it will investigate Facebook for the number of data breaches it suffered in 2018 after the tech company revealed another incident that took place in September, the Financial Times reports.
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The Italian Competition and Market Authority announced it has fined Facebook and Facebook Ireland 10 million euros for its violations of the country’s Consumer Code.
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The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office has released guidance for businesses to prepare for a possible no-deal Brexit.
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The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office has published guidance for data controllers and processors on their roles in relation to the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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