In this week’s Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, a legal contingent from law firm DLA Piper breaks down the newest version of the California Consumer Privacy Act draft regulations. U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., proposed the creation of a federal privacy agency, while fellow Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., proposed a temporary halt on government-used facial-recognition technology. The Hamburg Commission for Data Protection and Freedom of Information handed down a $55,500 fine to Facebook for not properly appointing a data protection officer for its local office. And the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation is still awaiting presidential approval.
THE LATEST
A Sacramento County Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit against California-based Sutter Health that claimed the health care provider was sharing sensitive patient information with Facebook, Google, Twitter and other third parties, The Sacramento Bee reports.
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Airbnb and the city of New York are in settlement talks regarding a lawsuit over a city data-sharing ordinance, Bloomberg reports.
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Utah’s House Transportation Committee voted to advance a proposed bill on driver's license data collection following compromises made between the University of Utah’s Huntsman Cancer Institute and privacy advocates, The Salt Lake Tribune reports.
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The Washington Privacy Act was passed 46-1 by the state Senate and advanced to the House of Representatives, MediaPost reports.
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ICYMI
Holding Redlich General Counsel Lyn Nicholson took a look at potential legislative action on Australia's 2020 agenda in this piece for Privacy Tracker.
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In this piece for The Privacy Advisor, Wyrick Robbins Privacy & Data Security Attorney Rishi Wadhwa looked at how the the EU General Data Protection Regulation affects the pharmacovigilance sector.
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DLA Piper's Jim Halpert, Tracy Shapiro, Lael Bellamy, CIPP/US, and Elaine Critides broke down the second draft of the California Consumer Privacy Act regulations for Privacy Tracker.
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In a post for Privacy Perspectives, Baker McKenzie Partner Lothar Determann looked at the list of data brokers that have registered under the California Consumer Privacy Act so far and which companies need to register.
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For The Privacy Advisor, Reed Smith's Divonne Smoyer, CIPP/US, and Alexis Cocco, CIPP/US, interviewed Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh, who discussed the potential for future Maryland-state and federal U.S. privacy legislation.
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ENFORCEMENT
The Hamburg Commission for Data Protection and Freedom of Information explained its decision to fine Facebook $55,500 for failing to nominate a data protection officer to its German office under the GDPR, Bloomberg reports.
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AFRICA
Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria President Remi Afon has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation into law, according to The New Telegraph.
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ASIA-PACIFIC
In "The Interface" op-ed series for The Verge, Silicon Valley Editor Casey Newton wrote about India's pending encryption law and its potential global trickle-down effects.
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CANADA
Canada's Conservative and Liberal parties have different approaches toward privacy legislation, iPolitics reports.
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EUROPE
Google presented arguments Feb. 14 in front of the EU General Court for its appeal of a 2.4 billion euro fine for antitrust violations, Politico reports.
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Germany's Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, the BfDI, has published a paper on its interpretation of anonymized data under the GDPR.
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An Irish Circuit Court judge sided with the Data Protection Commission saying the Courts Service breached data protection laws in publishing a man’s name in a High Court judgment, despite a judge’s order that the man’s identity not be revealed, The Irish Times reports.
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US
In a piece for Medium, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., announced she proposed a bill that would establish a federal data protection agency.
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U.S. Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., proposed a bill that would place a temporary ban on the federal government’s use of facial-recognition technology, The Hill reports.
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Student health care provided by a school nurse may fall outside of the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s privacy protections, Reuters reports.
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Two credit card companies have filed class-action lawsuits against convenience store chain Wawa in the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania following last year’s data breach that exposed customer payment card information, Law.com reports.
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State Sen. Tom Umberg, D-Calif., introduced the Genetic Information Privacy Act to the California Senate.
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A class-action lawsuit was filed in the District Court for the Northern District of California alleging Google violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, MediaPost reports.
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A coalition of ad groups warned state lawmakers that the Washington Privacy Act could lead to "frivolous litigation," MediaPost reports.
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