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In this first Privacy Tracker legislative roundup of the new year, read about the European Commission’s public consultation on the ePrivacy Directive, and an exclusive on what the Court of Justice of the European Union’s ruling in the Tele2 case means for data transfer mechanisms and the U.K. post-Brexit. Argentina has a new privacy regime that should make business a bit easier for multinationals. In the U.S., New York is pushing back the compliance deadline for its financial cybersecurity rules, Illinois has new social media regulations, and a Minnesota judge has ruled that police body camera footage does, indeed, need to be kept private by prosecutors and defense attorneys.
LATEST NEWS
Argentina’s new privacy regime should provide a more business friendly environment for multinationals, reports BNA.
Mondaq reports that U.S. criminal procedure changes may affect Canadians’ privacy.
Illinois’ amended Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act is now in effect, meaning employers may not request access to prospective employees’ social media accounts, reports WSOY.
A Minnesota judge has ordered that prosecutors and defense attorneys must follow guidelines of a law classifying police body camera footage as non-public information, with certain exceptions, reports the Star-Tribune.
ICYMI
Denis Kelleher, CIPP/E, writes for Privacy Tracker that the recent Court of Justice of the European Union’s Tele2 ruling leaves no doubt that EU law unequivocally precludes the “general and indiscriminate retention of traffic data and location data.”
California-based digital-advertising company Turn has settled with the Federal Trade Commission on charges that it deceived customers when it used persistent identifiers to track them online and on their mobile apps, even when those customers opted out. The Privacy Advisor's Angelique Carson, CIPP/US, gets comments from stakeholders and others.
US
The New York State Department of Financial Services has pushed back the deadline to comply with new cybersecurity rules, Reuters reports.
ASIA PACIFIC
The Australian government is considering making metadata available to courts for civil lawsuits, iTnews reports.
CANADA
In a column for Lexology, Blaney McMurtry LLP’s Avi Sharabi writes about the private right of action within Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation and the ways it could hurt insurers.
EUROPE
Reuters reports European Union finance regulators believe additional rules could be required to examine the growth of big data.
The European Commission published the results of the public consultation on the ePrivacy Directive and a Eurobarometer survey.