Global News Roundup— July 25 - August 1, 2016

LATEST NEWS

Bermuda’s Senate has passed the Personal Information Freedom Act, however it will likely be two years before it is enacted, reports The Royal Gazette.

The U.K. has blocked a Scottish act requiring non-guardian contact to monitor the well-being of all minors in Scotland, reports BBC.

Illinois has a new law regulating police use of cell tower simulator for surveillance, reports Evanston Roundtable.

ICYMI

In this exclusive for The Privacy Advisor, Denis Kelleher writes about the Court of Justice of the EU’s decision on which Member State’s should apply to a data processing operation established within the EU but directed at a number of EU Member States.

In this quick-hit Q&A for The Privacy Advisor, Diana Marina Cooper, senior director of legal and policy affairs at drone manufacturer PrecisionHawk, discusses what you need to know about Part 107 of the new  Federal Aviation regulations on drones.

Timothy Banks, CIPM, CIPP/C, writes for Privacy Tracker about three bills dealing with national security issues introduced by the government of Canada.

Michelle Tellock, Ray Li, Jared Bomberg, Maree Sneed and Stephanie Gold of Hogan Lovells write for Privacy Tracker about the guidance and the steps school districts, colleges and universities are required to take to protect transgender students’ privacy including rules around confidentiality, access and the amending of records at the request of parents or students.

US

The Office of Management and Budget has released an update to Circular A-130, requiring every federal agency to, among other things, appoint a senior agency official for privacy, provide privacy training and conduct Privacy Impact Assessments.

A federal judge has ruled that state law cannot ban companies from making political robocalls as they are protected by the First Amendment, reports Ars Technica.

The Federal Trade Commission has issued an Opinion and Final Order finding LabMD’s security practices “unreasonable” and reversing an Administrative Law Judge Initial Decision.

The FTC has approved a final order in the ASUS case.

ASIA PACIFIC

One of the new IT laws from the president of the United Arab Emirates mandates that those found unlawfully using a VPN will be fined up to $545,000 and imprisoned, the International Business Times reports.

EUROPE

European Data Protection Supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli has expressed favor for strong encryption and against the use of backdoors within the revised ePrivacy law in his published opinion on the ePrivacyDirective on July 25, Ars Technica reports.

The Article 29 Working Party issued a statement on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield last Tuesday.

In an op-ed written by Amberhawk Training and picked up by The Register, the results of Brexit could have major implications for the U.K.’s future with Privacy Shield and the General Data Protection Regulation.

LATIN AMERICA

Mexico’s National Institute of Access to Information and Data Protection says companies are responsible for processing their employees’ personal data under the Federal Law on Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties 2010, Data Guidance reports.