In this week's Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, IAPP Research Director Caitlin Fennessy, CIPP/US, looks at the Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act proposed by U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan. Also in the U.S., advertising groups have called for the delay of the implementation of the California Consumer Privacy Act due to COVID-19. Mori Hamada & Matsumoto's Hiroyuki Tanaka, Naoto Obayashi and Noboru Kitayama break down the bill to amend the Act on the Protection of Personal Information that was approved by the Cabinet of Japan, and proposed amendments to New Zealand's Privacy Bill are before a committee of the whole House of Representatives for consideration.
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More than 800,000 signatures have been gathered calling for a press privacy law in the U.K.
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An op-ed from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette defends Maine's law requiring internet service providers to obtain consumer consent before sharing sensitive information.
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ICYMI
On March 10, the Cabinet of Japan approved a bill to amend the Act on the Protection of Personal Information. Mori Hamada & Matsumoto's Hiroyuki Tanaka, Naoto Obayashi and Noboru Kitayama break down the bill in this piece for Privacy Tracker.
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IAPP Legal Research Fellow Cathy Cosgrove breaks down the new regulation modifications for the California Consumer Privacy Act and the next steps in the rule-making process in this piece for Privacy Tracker.
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ASIA-PACIFIC
Proposed amendments to New Zealand's Privacy Bill are before a committee of the whole House of Representatives for consideration.
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CANADA
Updating the country's privacy law could be a "rough ride," University of Ottawa Faculty of Law Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law Michael Geist writes in an op-ed for The Globe and Mail.
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EUROPE
The European Data Protection Board adopted a statement on processing personal data amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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US
The Association of National Advertisers, Interactive Advertising Bureau, American Association of Advertising Agencies and 32 other groups want the California attorney general to delay enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act due to the current COVID-19 outbreak.
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