In this week’s Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, lawmakers in the U.S. are at odds over potential COVID-19 privacy legislation, and a lawsuit has been filed under the California Consumer Privacy Act against online design marketplace Minted. France’s Council of State, the Conseil d’État, denied Google’s appeal of its $57 million EU General Data Protection Regulation fine issued by the French data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés. In Spain, the DPA, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, announced four fines, including three GDPR penalties, totaling 169,000 euros.
LATEST NEWS
U.S. lawmakers are at odds on potential COVID-19 privacy legislation, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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Plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit in San Francisco, California, federal court against Minted under the California Consumer Privacy Act, claiming the online design marketplace failed to implement reasonable security measures to protect personal information, Reuters reports.
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France's Council of State, the Conseil d’État, denied Google's appeal of its $57 million GDPR fine issued by the CNIL in January 2019, AdExchanger reports.
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In Quebec, Canada, a bill aimed at modernizing the province’s personal data protection laws has been introduced.
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ICYMI
Is the Belgian Data Protection Authority’s challenge of social media websites’ “tell-a-friend” model the end to the feature? Morrison & Foerster’s Alex van der Wolk, Marijn Storm and Ronan Tigner explore that question in this piece for Privacy Tracker.
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The law amending Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information was enacted June 5. Mori Hamada & Matsumoto’s Hiroyuki Tanaka and Noboru Kitayama look at the amendments in this piece for Privacy Tracker.
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ENFORCEMENT
Spain’s data protection authority, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, announced four fines, including three GDPR penalties, totaling 169,000 euros.
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The Philippines’ National Privacy Commission will allow companies to install work-from-home monitoring software for devices issued to employees, UNTV reports.
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The European Data Protection Board adopted a statement on data subject rights in connection to the COVID-19 pandemic during its 30th plenary session.
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Finland’s Office of the Data Protection Officer fined Taksi Helsinki Oy 72,000 euros for violating data protection legislation. (Original post is in Finnish.)
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Kohl’s Department Stores will pay $220,000 in a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over allegations it violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
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The U.S. Credit Union National Association announced a $30.5 million settlement with Equifax over the credit monitoring firm’s 2017 data breach.
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ASIA-PACIFIC
New Zealand’s proposed Privacy Bill passed through the Committee of the whole House of Representatives and will now undergo its third reading.
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CANADA
British Columbia Minister of Citizens Services Anna Kang extended privacy exemptions for health care data to Dec. 31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pique Newsmagazine reports.
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EU
France's data protection authority, the CNIL, released its 2019 activity report.
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US
IAB Technology Laboratory released a spec to address data deletion under the California Consumer Privacy Act, Adweek reports.
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An Alabama federal judge approved Macy’s settlement of a proposed class-action lawsuit over a 2018 data breach for up to $192,500, Footwear News reports.
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MediaPost reports the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California will not dismiss a lawsuit against Google over alleged search history sharing.
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The Californians for Consumer Privacy Group is seeking a court order to get the proposed California Privacy Rights Act on the November ballot, MediaPost reports.
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Advocacy groups filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles, California, over its tracking of scooter rentals.
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Business-to-business intent data aggregator Bombora filed a lawsuit in Santa Clara, California, against ZoomInfo for potential violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act, alleging the company unlawfully collects and sells personal data, AdExchanger reports.
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Google filed a motion to dismiss a privacy suit filed by New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas, Law Street reports.
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