In this week's Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, read about Bulgaria's new law, which took effect March 2 and implements the EU General Data Protection Regulation. In Europe, the Dutch data protection authority announced cookie walls are not compliant with the GDPR, France’s data protection authority released updated guidance, and the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office released the results of the Global Privacy Enforcement Network’s annual report. In the U.S., the Federal Trade Commission announced it will seek comments on proposed amendments to change the Privacy Rule and the Safeguards Rule under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Washington State Senate voted to pass Senate Bill 5376, and senators in Florida have proposed the Florida Biometric Information Privacy Act.
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Bulgaria’s Law on Amending and Supplementing the Law on Personal Data Protection, implementing the EU General Data Protection Regulation, entered into force March 2, 2019, Privacy Laws and Business reports.
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Dhiraphol Suwanprateep and Kritiyanee Buranatrevedhya write for Baker McKenzie on the impact of data security requirements under the GDPR and draft E-commerce Bill in Thailand.
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An article for Mondaq reports on recent decisions, notifications, announcements and guidelines issued by Turkey’s data Protection authority.
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Mississippi House Bill 1205, which would prohibit state agencies from requesting or releasing donor information on charitable groups organized under Section 501 of the federal tax law, passed out of the Senate Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee and now faces a Wednesday passage deadline.
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Huawei filed a lawsuit in Texas against the U.S. government, claiming the ban of government purchases of its equipment violates the Constitution, Yahoo Finance reports.
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An op-ed for Forbes looks at Wyoming’s 13 new blockchain laws.
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ASIA-PACIFIC
Computerworld HK reports that Hong Kong’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data issued an enforcement notice to Hong Kong Broadband Network, ordering it to create a clear data retention policy.
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In an op-ed for the Financial Times, Mozilla Senior Global Policy Manager Jochai Ben-Avie writes that as India looks to implement stronger user privacy protections, the country should model Europe’s example rather than China's.
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New Zealand has appointed John Edwards to serve another five-year term as privacy commissioner.
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CANADA
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association may take legal action to stop the Sidewalk Labs smart-city project from going forward, the Toronto Star reports.
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EUROPE
The Dutch data protection authority, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, announced cookie walls are not compliant with the EU General Data Protection Regulation, TechCrunch reports.
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France’s data protection authority, the CNIL, released updated guidance on payment card data gathered via a remote transaction.
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Federal Data Protection Commissioner of Germany Ulrich Kelber expressed concerns with the proposed EU Copyright Directive, Foss Patents reports.
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The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office released the results of the Global Privacy Enforcement Network’s annual report.
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US
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced it will seek comments on proposed amendments to change the Privacy Rule and Safeguards Rule under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
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The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology has launched its Privacy Engineering Collaboration Space, an online portal where practitioners can help develop open-source tools, solutions and processes.
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Members of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommitteeon Investigations called for new data security and breach notification laws, Bloomberg Law reports.
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A recent staff report from the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations found Equifax’s 2017 data breach was the result of a prolonged failure to prioritize cybersecurity and also a culture of complacency, Bloomberg Law reports.
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The CEOs from Equifax, TransUnion and Experian faced questions on Capitol Hill on the state of credit-reporting agencies, Yahoo Finance reports.
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The attorneys general from all 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands voiced their support of the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act, Law360 reports.
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Google has outlined its next arguments in an ongoing case in which the company allegedly violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, MediaPost reports.
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Sen. Gary Farmer, D-Fla., and Rep. Bobby DuBose, D-Fla., have proposed the Florida Biometric Information Privacy Act, BiometricUpdate.com reports.
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StateScoop reports on two bills introduced into the Texas state legislature last month that would help reinforce a response to privacy and data protection.
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The Washington State Senate voted to pass Senate Bill 5376, and it will now move to the state's House of Representatives for consideration, The Seattle Times reports.
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