In this week’s Privacy Tracker legislative roundup, read about the Article 29 Working Party’s new implementation documents for EU-U.S. Privacy Shield agreement. India is launching a National Cybersecurity Coordination Center to monitor cyberattacks. The U.K. Home Office has stalled data collection plans under the new Investigatory Powers law after a European Court of Justice ruling. In the U.S., the Republican push to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s broadband privacy rules may see a challenge, the House Judiciary Committee Chairman underscored the need for the Email Privacy Act, which is currently stalled in the Senate; two republican senators are proposing a bill to overturn the Cybersecurity Act of 2015; and states are tackling social media access, biometrics and more.
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India will launch the National Cybersecurity Coordination Center in June to monitor and handle cyberattacks in the country, reports Security Intelligence.
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Security Intelligence reports, The U.K. Home Office has stalled data collection plans under the new Investigatory Powers law after a European Court of Justice Ruling, reports Ars Technica.
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U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., has set the committee agenda for the year, underscoring the importance of the Email Privacy Act, reports The National Law Review.
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U.S. Republican Reps. Justin Amash, R-Mich., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., have introduced legislation to repeal the Cybersecurity Act of 2015, reports The Libertarian Republic.
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The Durango Herald reports that a Colorado bill to eliminate a loophole allowing government agencies to access certain emails without a warrant has died in committee.
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A Georgia state Representative has introduced the Social Media Privacy Protection Act, which would prohibit employers from demanding access to employees’ social media accounts, reports 11Alive.
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A Missouri bill that aims to help bring the state in compliance with the REAL ID Act passed the House, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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JD Supra offers outlines of biometric privacy bills being considered in U.S. states including Alaska, Connecticut, Illinois, Montana, New Hampshire and Washington. legislature is considering a biometric privacy bill similar to that of Illinois, reports Find Biometrics.
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New Mexico’s Senate unanimously approved the Electronic Data Privacy Act, which would block the use of cell site simulators and ban law enforcement agencies from accessing electronic communications data from service providers without a warrant, reports The Tenther.
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US
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and five public interest groups are rallying against Republican lawmakers’ push to overturn FCC broadband privacy rules using the Congressional Review Act.
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BNA reports, the Article 29 Working Party is planning to formally petition the Trump administration to clarify the executive order’s impact on Shield in the upcoming days.
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New York’s mandated cybersecurity regulations for banking and financial services are set to go into effect March 1, SC Magazine reports.
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IAPP member Adam Greene argues that pending federal regulation concerning whether regulators could share money collected from HIPAA enforcement with breach victims could impact privacy class-action suits, GovInfoSecurity reports.
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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., plans to introduce legislation prohibiting Customs and Border Patrol agents from demanding passwords to online accounts and mobile devices from American travelers without first obtaining a warrant, BuzzFeed reports.
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EUROPE
The Article 29 Working Party has released two forms related to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield agreement. The rules of procedure for the "Informal Panel of EU DPAs" and a form for submitting commercial-related complaints to EU DPAs.