In this week’s Global News Roundup, a cryptocurrency exchange was fined by the Australian Communications and Media Authority. The rapporteur for France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, recommended a 6 million euro fine against Apple for alleged breach of privacy rules. Slovenia’s National Assembly adopted the Personal Data Protection Act. And U.S. lawmakers introduced a bill to ban TikTok.
The Latest
Leaders of European Commission, the Council of the European Union and European Parliament signed a declaration on EU digital rights and principles that highlights "the EU's commitment to a secure, safe and sustainable digital transformation."
More
In an open letter to parents, caregivers and guardians, U.K. Digital, Media, Culture, and Sport Secretary of State Michelle Donelan said protections for children online are at the "heart" of the proposed Online Safety Bill.
More
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Epic Games agreed to a $520 million settlement over alleged Children's Online Privacy Protection Act violations.
More
Enforcement
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance Australia paid an AU$2 million fine, handed down by the Australian Communications and Media Authority, for spamming customers.
More
Quebec’s data protection authority, Le Commission d’accès à l’information du Quebec, published its 2021-2022 annual report after tabling in the National Assembly.
More
The European Data Protection Board adopted a statement on the Court of Justice of the European Union's judgment for limited data processing and retention under the EU Passenger Name Record Directive.
More
François Pellegrini, the rapporteur for France’s data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, recommended a 6 million euro fine for Apple's alleged breach of privacy rules, Reuters reports.
More
Norway’s data protection authority, Datatilsynet, announced it conducted an inspection of the Svalbard governor’s office in the spring.
More
Portugal's National Data Protection Commission fined the National Institute of Statistics 4.3 million euros for five violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation related to the 2021 census.
More
The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office published its first Tech Horizons Report.
More
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights entered a settlement with a California dentist over violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy Rule.
More
Director of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection Samuel Levine warned the agency is "not afraid to take companies to court" over data practices, Axios reports.
More
Europe
The Republic of Slovenia’s National Assembly, the Drzavni Zbor, voted 50-8 to adopt the Personal Data Protection Act.
More
US
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced a bill to ban TikTok in the country, CNBC reports.
More
The Washington Post reports U.S. Congress remains at odds on the path to passing children's privacy bills before year's end.
More
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate internet infrastructure company Neustar Security Services' sale of data to the federal government, The Washington Post reports.
More
Bloomberg Government reports U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., updated the proposed Kids Online Safety Act.
More
The U.S. Senate passed legislation banning federal government employees from downloading TikTok on government-owned devices, The Wall Street Journal reports.
More
MediaPost reports 23 consumer advocacy groups wrote to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., calling for a floor vote on the proposed American Data Privacy and Protection Act in the final legislative window of 2022.
More
ICYMI
Recent data breaches in Australia highlighted the lack of effective privacy controls in organizations and led to changes to the Privacy Act 1988, including increased penalties from AU$2.2 million to AU$50 million. Former Westpac Banking Group executive manager, privacy, Marta Ganko, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP, said while much attention has been paid to the penalty increase, the largest change is to the applicability of the Privacy Act.
More
As compromise texts are circulated for the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, IAPP Managing Director, Europe, Isabelle Roccia hosted a Linkedin Live session Dec. 12 with Secure Practice co-founder and CEO Erlend Andreas Gjære, European Commission Legal and Policy Officer Yordanka Ivanova and Project Manager for Research Analysis and Policy at Norway's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, Kari Laumann to explore the benefits and possible pitfalls of sandboxes. IAPP Staff Writer Alex LaCasse has the details.
More
The remaining steps to finalizing the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework are coming into focus after the European Commission released its EU-U.S. draft adequacy decision Dec. 13. IAPP Staff Writer Joe Duball provides details on and reactions to the draft and what comes next.
More
While the California Privacy Rights Act takes effect in just under two weeks — on Jan. 1, 2023 — the California Privacy Protection Agency is still working to promulgate final rules. IAPP Staff Writer Jennifer Bryant covered the latest CPPA meeting, during Executive Director Ashkan Soltani said the final rules are now expected to be released in late January and with a subsequent 30-day review by the California Office of Administrative Law, the regulations would take effect around April.
More
