In this week’s Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, the European Data Protection Board’s 58th plenary session will include discussion of the EU General Data Protection Regulation’s Article 58. EU and U.S. authorities announced the creation of the Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue that will focus on "shared competition enforcement and policy issues" arising in technology markets. Ohio’s Personal Privacy Act is on hold, while Indian Parliament is expected to consider the Personal Data Protection Bill Dec. 21.
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The European Data Protection Board released the agenda for its 58th plenary session, including discussion on supervisory authorities using the EU GDPR’s Article 58 “as a legal basis to order ex officio the erasure of unlawfully processed personal data.”
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In the U.S., Ohio’s Personal Privacy Act is on hold, WKSU reports. Sponsor state Rep. Rick Carfagna, R-Ohio, pulled the proposed legislation from a House Government Oversight committee vote saying members “simply want more time to digest the issue.
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ICYMI
Fulbright-Schuman Scholar Michelle Frasher breaks down where the European Union’s fourth anti-money laundering directive stands, including specifics in recent texts, and the potential future of data protection and anti-money laundering regulations in the EU.
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Change is coming for organizations in the United Arab Emirates after passage of the 2021 Personal Data Protection Law in November. FTI Consulting's Ben Crew, CIPP/E, and Jack Fletcher provide their rundown of the top-10 considerations that should be top of mind for organizations as they work to come into compliance with the new regulation.
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ENFORCEMENT
In Canada, a judge ordered Alberta’s Office of the Privacy and Information Commissioner to pay the University of Calgary costs associated with a years-long battle over a Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy request, CBC News reports.
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission and U.S.-based retailer Gap reached a $200,000 settlement over alleged violation of Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation.
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China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology ordered 106 mobile applications to be removed from application stores over violations of the Personal Information Protection Law and Data Security Law, South China Morning Post reports.
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EU and U.S. authorities announced the creation of the Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue. Leadership from government agencies will partake in "high-level meetings as well as regular staff discussion" that will focus on "shared competition enforcement and policy issues" arising in technology markets.
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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission submitted an Article 60 draft decision inquiry into Instagram relating to the processing of personal data of children by Facebook Ireland.
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The Netherlands’ data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, fined the Tax and Customs Administration 2.75 million euros for data processing violations under the EU GDPR.
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Russia banned privacy-focused browser Tor following allegations that it was enabling access to illegal content, Reuters reports.
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The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office fined Virgin Media 50,000 GBP after it was found to have delivered 451,217 direct marketing emails in August.
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ASIA-PACIFIC
The Economic Times reports Indian Parliament is expected to table a Joint Parliamentary Committee's final report on the Personal Data Protection Bill and consider the proposed law Dec. 21 ahead of the end of its current legislative session Dec. 23.
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CANADA
British Columbia’s Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act released its report with 34 recommendations to modernize the legislation.
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Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne said updating Canada’s consumer privacy legislation is a “top priority” in the new Parliament and he will propose “an amended bill” in the new year, the Regina Leader-Post reports.
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EUROPE
An updated Surveillance Camera Code is before U.K. Parliament and subject to parliamentary approval is due to take effect Jan. 12, 2022.
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US
Legislation introduced by a group of U.S. senators would require social media companies to give outside researchers access to data, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation centralized in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri a group of lawsuits against T-Mobile US over its August data breach that affected more than 53 million people, Reuters reports.
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