In this week's Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, Jennifer Baker reports on the Croatian presidency's proposal for ePrivacy Regulation. In Egypt, the Parliament approved the Personal Data Protection Law. IAPP Staff Writer Joe Duball takes a look at the Uniform Law Commission's framework for creating cohesive privacy legislation in the U.S. Also in the U.S., the Washington Privacy Act has been amended and passed out of one committee, and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra cautions against a federal privacy law that would water down the California Consumer Privacy Act.
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The Washington State Legislature House Innovation, Technology & Economic Development Committee passed amendments on the Washington Privacy Act. The committee approved the six amendments by a 6-3 vote.
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ICYMI
On Feb. 21, the Croatian presidency published its proposals to break the ePrivacy Regulation deadlock. Changes to Articles 6 and 8 would see “legitimate interest” as a legal basis to process metadata and collect information from the terminal equipment — potentially replacing user consent. Jennifer Baker reports on the reaction to the Croatian presidency’s proposal in this piece for The Privacy Advisor.
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In the absence of a federal privacy law in the U.S., states are proposing and passing their own legislation, creating a compliance nightmare for companies that might be covered. The Uniform Law Commission believes it has an answer to the patchwork of privacy legislation in the U.S.: the Collection and Use of Personally Identifiable Data Act, a model for all states to adopt, creating a unified privacy regulation across the country. IAPP Staff Writer Joe Duball has the details for The Privacy Advisor.
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ENFORCEMENT
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner released guidelines for organizations to protect privacy under the Consumer Data Right system.
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Spain's data protection authority, the AEPD, announced fines worth a combined 168,000 euros to a pair of Vodafone subsidiaries for violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced the release of its "Privacy & Data Security Update for 2019," outlining the agency's enforcement work over the last year.
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission also announced proposed fines worth more than $200 million combined against AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon for not appropriately protecting customers’ real-time location data.
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AFRICA
The Daily News of Egypt reports the Egyptian Parliament approved proposed privacy legislation by a two-thirds majority vote.
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US
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., is working on proposals for a federal privacy law and amendments to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, Bloomberg Government reports.
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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra urged lawmakers not to preempt the California Consumer Privacy Act with a watered-down federal privacy law, Reuters reports.
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Connecticut Attorney General William Tong released his testimony to the General Law Committee on Senate Bill 137, which seeks to amend the state's current data breach notification legislation.
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A coalition of advertising organizations delivered a letter to Reps. Chris Lee, D-Hawaii, and Roy Takumi, D-Hawaii, regarding concerns about the state's proposed privacy bill, MediaPost reports.
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An Illinois federal court dismissed two lawsuits alleging Biometric Information Privacy Act violations, Biometric Update reports.
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The Minnesota House of Representatives passed a bill restricting how the state’s political parties can use voter data obtained in the March 3 presidential primary, Post Bulletin reports.
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