In this week’s Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, Egypt has passed its first data protection legislation. A lawsuit has been filed in Nigeria to prohibit the disclosure of personal information belonging to the country’s president. In the U.S., Hawaii is on the verge of passing a law that prohibits the sale of location data, new privacy legislation in Maine and Nevada are viewed against the California Consumer Privacy Act, a Minnesota police officer was awarded $585,000 in a privacy suit against her own department, and opinions on how to craft federal privacy legislation continue to sprout up across the U.S.

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A bill that would establish a mandatory data breach notification scheme has been reintroduced in New South Wales, Australia. The state's scheme would mirror that of the federal government.
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India’s Union Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has introduced a bill allowing voluntary use of Aadhaar as an identity proof for opening bank accounts and procuring mobile phone connections.
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Lawmakers in Egypt have passed the country's first data protection law. The regulations are set to protect data and privacy for all Egyptian citizens and EU citizens in the country.
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The Malaysiangovernment is studying the possibility of making intrusion of privacy a criminal offense to go along with a proposed anti-stalking law.
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project in Nigeria has filed a suit against the Code of Conduct Bureau over claims that details of President Muhammadu Buhari’s assets cannot be disclosed on the grounds of privacy.
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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is facing a federal privacy suit involving claims of private information being unlawfully released by two departments at the university.
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The South Carolina Supreme Court added a comment to the state ethics rule on confidentiality that will require lawyers to get informed consent to use information about their representation of a client for advertising purposes. Consent will be necessary even if that information is publicly available.
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Clemson University in South Carolina will not release information on drug-related suspensions handed out to members of its football team, citing the protection under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
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South Korea has amended its data collection laws for children. Starting in 2020, companies must obtain explicit consent from the parents or legal guardians of children ages 14 and under.
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The Wyoming Tribune Eagle, along with other state media outlets, is suing a school district over the refusal to hand over information related to incidents of harassment at a junior high school.
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ICYMI

For Privacy Perspectives, Michael Hahn, Sundeep Kapur, CIPP/US, and Matt Savare  explore whether companies need to amend their existing data processing addenda to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act and if there is a long-term solution to avoid having to draft new addenda every time a jurisdiction adopts a new privacy law.
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At the IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium in May, Gilles Fourchet, CIPP/C, CIPT, FIP, discussed the subjective nature of privacy impact assessments in Canada and why it is important for privacy professionals to include business owners and stakeholders when creating the document. IAPP Associate Editor Ryan Chiavetta, CIPP/US, has the story for The Privacy Advisor.
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In this post for Privacy Tracker, Kerri O'Malley, CIPP/US, breaks down the details of a proposed bill in Hawaii that sets out to protect users’ location data and prohibit the sale of the information.
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Lothar Determann and Helena Engfeldt, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, explored how new privacy laws in Maine and Nevada stack up against the California Consumer Privacy Act in this piece for Privacy Tracker.
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CANADA

The Office of the Information of the Privacy Commissioner of Alberta released an advisory guide on whether it is reasonable to disclose when students participate in gay-straight alliances. The document was added as an amendment to the Education Act.
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EUROPE

The Wall Street Journal reported on the financial benefits tech companies have seen in the first year of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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The U.K. adult website age-verification system has been delayed for six months.
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US

A U.S. District Court jury has awarded a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, $585,000 after her colleagues unlawfully accessed her personal information from a driver’s license database.
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Portland, Oregon, has approved a privacy resolution that seeks to regulate facial-recognition software and the general use and collection of data within the city.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation revealed its three top priorities that should be included in proposed U.S. data privacy legislation.
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Executives from various companies offered their input on how a U.S. privacy law will impact online advertising.
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U.S. prosecutors have stepped up in the wake of Congress’s failure to say how far the police can go with the use of surveillance technology.
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The U.S. House has introduced an amendment that would end funding for warrantless surveillance.
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U.S. House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., voiced his support for a federal privacy law.
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A poll found the majority of U.S. voters want more regulation on the use of personal data.
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