In this week's Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, data protection authorities in France and Brazil will postpone enforcement actions due to the COVID-19 outbreak. However, IAPP Staff Writer Joe Duball reports how COVID-19 won't have any effect on California Consumer Privacy Act enforcement, according to the California attorney general.
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Colombia’s data protection authority, the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce, ordered both controllers and processors to stop collecting personal data through mechanisms, including biometric scanners and other physical tools, that can transmit COVID-19.
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France's Council of the State reversed a 100,000 euro fine against Google related to a 2016 right-to-be-forgotten case, Bloomberg reports.
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The Association of National Advertisers filed comments to the California attorney general suggesting California Consumer Privacy Act violations during the COVID-19 pandemic shouldn't be prosecuted, MediaPost reports.
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ICYMI
Deloitte Assistant Manager Ambika Bahadur, CIPP/E, reported on the key issues health care organizations face regarding privacy and data protection in relation to India's Personal Data Protection Bill in a piece for The Privacy Advisor.
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IAPP Staff Writer Joe Duball wrote for The Privacy Advisor on the decision by the California attorney general's office to move forward with CCPA enforcement despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ASIA-PACIFIC
The Joint Parliamentary Committee asked for an extension for its report on India's Personal Data Protection Bill, The Economic Times reports.
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Japan's Personal Information Protection Committee opened public comments on amendments to the “Guidelines on the Handling of Specific Personal Information.” (Original post is in Japanese.)
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EUROPE
The European Commission announced its two-year review of the GDPR will be released sometime in June, Politico reports.
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The French data protection authority, the CNIL, announced it postponed the presentation of its draft guidance on cookies and trackers. (Original post is in French.)
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LATIN AMERICA
The implementation date of Brazil's General Data Protection Law may be pushed back from August due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ZDNet reports.
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US
U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco, California, granted final approval to a $13 million privacy settlement regarding Google Street View's improper data collection in 2010.
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Consumer Reports asked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to ensure the CCPA's enforcement date is not delayed, Multichannel News reports.
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A U.S. district judge ruled a 2018 lawsuit filed by New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas against Twitter, Google and others over children’s privacy will move forward, The Associated Press reports.
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New York's Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act took force March 21, according to Hunton Andrews Kurth's Privacy & Information Security Law Blog.
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