The European Data Protection Supervisor has published a preliminary opinion on the principle of privacy by design. The Australian government has drafted legislation that would force tech companies to give Australian security agencies access to encrypted data. In India, lawyers and policy analysts introduced draft legislation to reform how personal data is collected, processed and stored. In the U.S., the 11th Circuit issued a ruling Wednesday siding with LabMD in its challenge to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's enforcement action, lawmakers introduced federal encryption legislation, and a new law in Washington state will serve to strengthen patient privacy rights.
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On a case dating back to 2011, Europe's top court ruled that the administrator of a fan page on Facebook is jointly responsible with the company for the processing of the data of visitors to the page, TechCrunch reports. The ruling aligns with the Advocate General's previous opinion to the court.
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Lawyers and policy analysts have drafted the Indian Privacy Code, 2018, to propose reforms to how personal data is collected, processed and stored in India, Qrius reports.
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Politico reports that Ireland’s data protection chief found Yahoo broke EU law by failing to protect user information in Europe’s largest ever data breach but no penalty was issued against the company.
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The Delaware Supreme Court recently ruled that a police officer who pretended to be a Facebook friend to obtain criminal evidence did not violate the Fourth Amendment, TechDirt reports.
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In Illinois, newly introduced legislation seeks to expand the limited use of drones for local law enforcement. Senate Bill 2562 has been approved by the Senate but faces two amendments from the House, The Drive reports.
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ICYMI
The 11th Circuit issued a ruling Wednesday siding with LabMD in its challenge to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's enforcement action — a saga that began in 2013. In this Privacy Tracker post, Wiley Rein's Kirk Nahra, CIPP/US, analyzes the decision to vacate the FTC's order and, though the story isn't yet over, answers the questions "what does this case mean today for the FTC and for companies facing potential FTC enforcement action?" Nahra notes that the decision focuses on an issue that hasn't been one of the main talking points of the case: Was the relief sought by the FTC appropriate?
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Begüm Yavuzdoğan Okumuş, managing associate at Gün + Partners, writes for Privacy Tracker about new rules for 112-based in-vehicle emergency call systems in Turkey. Turkey was among the pilot countries of the EU Project for Harmonized In-Vehicle Emergency Call Systems, and the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology published the Regulation on Type Approval in Relation to the Deployment of the 112 Emergency Call Service Based In-Vehicle Emergency Call as part of the harmonization process.
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US
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint in federal district court seeking to stop NetDotSolutions and Teramesh, charging that the companies and their principals violated the Telemarketing Sales Rule by facilitating more than 1 billion illegal robocalls annually to consumers nationwide.
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House lawmakers introduced the Ensuring National Constitutional Rights for Your Private Telecommunications Act of 2018 to prevent state and local governments from passing measures that could undermine encryption, Nextgov reports.
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Set to take effect June 7, a new Washington state law will serve to strengthen patient privacy rights by limiting the use of medical and health records in discrimination lawsuits, HealthITSecurity reports.
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ASIA-PACIFIC
Australia has drafted legislation that would force technology companies to give Australian security agencies access to encrypted data and is expected to be introduced in the coming months, The Guardian reports.
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Singapore’s Minister for Communications and Information S. Iswaran announced a council will advise the government on issues concerning the ethical use of artificial intelligence and data, Channel NewsAsia reports.
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EUROPE
A delegation from the Council of Europe will take part in discussions with the European Dialogue on Internet Governance in Tbilisi, Georgia, June 5 and 6.
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The European Data Protection Supervisor has published a preliminary opinion on the principle of privacy by design. According to the release, the opinion aims to raise awareness of "data protection by design and by default" as outlined in Article 25 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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Proposed legislation in the European Parliament that would create a fast-track method for law enforcement to access data from technology companies will need to be agreed upon by EU Parliament and national governments before taking effect, EURACTIV reports.
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The European Commission has released a proposal urging member states to sign and ratify a new protocol amending the Council of Europe’s Convention 108 concerning the processing of personal data.
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The Regional Court of Bonn denied the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ attempt to force domain registrar EPAG to gather information, MediaPost reports. The German court determined the request to obtain the data, which includes names, email addresses and other registrants’ data, would not comply with applicable laws, such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has received more than 1,300 “concerns or complaints” since the EU General Data Protection Regulation went into place, the Irish Examiner reports.
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In a recently released technical note, the U.K. government outlines the benefits of establishing a new data protection agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom.
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Speaking to the BBC’s Inside Business Programme, the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office Head of Regions Ken Macdonald said that while new regulation gives ICO the ability to fine firms for serious breaches, the office would be taking “the appropriate action and serving the appropriate level of penalty for the breach.”
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