In Turkey, Canada and the UK, bills have been proposed that some say may limit citizens’ rights. The Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice has revised its breach reporting bill, and the German Minister of the Interior wants further examination into the likelihood of passing a revised data retention bill. Also, in this Privacy Tracker legislative roundup, read about California’s new Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection, Colorado debating limits on police drone use, New Mexico considering a bill imposing data storage, destruction and breach notification requirements on merchants and a Minnesota bill attempting to put retention limits on license-plate reader data collected from innocent individuals.

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On Thursday, a Turkish parliamentary commission debated the government’s proposed Telecommunications Directorate, which would allow ministers to restrict access to any websitedeemed to threaten lives, public order or people's rights and freedoms by committing a crime, Reuters reports.

Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ) recently announced the Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2015, which would require police to obtain a warrant in order to access certain customer information from service providers, reports Sonoran News.

Arizona State Rep. J.D. Mesnard (R-District 21) is revising his previously proposed revenge porn bill after a lawsuit brought by civil rights groups stalled the original version, Associated Press reports.

California News Wire reports California Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Glendale) has introduced the DNA Privacy Bill, which would strengthen the notice requirements when dried blood spot samples are taken from newborns to screen for diseases.

Colorado’s SB 15-059 aims to limit law enforcement’s use of drones, including the use of facial recognition technology, reports FindBiometrics.

U.S.

California Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) has created a new Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection; the panel is designed to take on growing consumer privacy issues and the use of information on the health, financial, educational and consumer habits of millions of state residents.

CANADA

New Brunswick is reviewing its legislation governing access to information and protection of privacy, and the public is asked to provide feedback through March 31, The Canadian Press reports.

EU

MEP Viviane Reding said European legislators are seeking to finalize negotiations on a digital single market that aims to level the playing field for European technology companies, The Wall Street Journal reports. (Registration may be required to access this story.)

EU policy broadcaster viEUws hosted a debate between Paul Nemitz, Jan Philipp Albrecht and Pat Walshe over what's to come for the pending EU regulation. In this feature for The Privacy Advisor, check out the debate and reaction.

ASIA PACIFIC

South China Morning Post reports the Basic Law Committee's Prof. Albert Chen Hung-yee has said China's tough national security laws should not be applied to Hong Kong.