Singapore has joined the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation's Cross-Border Privacy Rules system. Canada’s Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics released its report reviewing the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, finding the law needs to be updated. In the U.S., the Senate is expected to approve a bipartisan banking bill requiring credit-reporting agencies to allow consumers to freeze their credit data for free; meanwhile, a similar Florida bill heads to the governor. Also, two senators have introduced a bill protecting the electronic devices of travelers from being “manually” searched by border agents, and the Alabama Senate has unanimously approved a data breach notification act — Alabama is one of two states in the U.S. without a breach notification law. Read about this and more in this week’s Privacy Tracker legislative roundup.

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The Data Protection Report offers an overview of the Article 29 Working Party’s guidance on Article 49 of the GDPR — export derogations.
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After 35 members of Parliament officially requested the ruling, Portugal’s Constitutional Court is expected to determine the constitutionality of a new law allowing intelligence agencies to access retained data, EDRi reports.
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EFF reports that U.S. Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) have introduced a bill to better protect the electronic devices of travelers from being “manually” searched by border agents. 
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Landline Magazine offers an overview of U.S. state legislative activity related to the use of license plate-reader data.
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The National Law Review reports, the Alabama Senate unanimously approved the Alabama Data Breach Notification Act; the bill now goes to the house. Alabama is one of two states in the U.S. without a breach notification law.
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The Florida legislature has passed a bill requiring credit agencies to offer free credit freezes to residents, StateScoop reports. The bill now heads to the governor for signature.
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The Florida Senate has unanimously approved a bill that would require law enforcement to obtain a warrant in order to access data from “portable electronic communication devices,” such as the Amazon Echo, Florida Politics reports.
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Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill to prevent school officials and employers to demand access to the social media passwords of students, job applicants or workers, the Daily News reports.
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The Court of First Instance of Brussels has ruled in a battle between the Belgian Privacy Commission and Facebook that began in 2014 and is not likely finished. Fieldfisher's Tim Van Canneyt, CIPP/E, and Lisa De Smet write for Privacy Tracker about the case and the court's decision. 
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Last October, the Article 29 Working Party issued guidelines for review on breach notification under the EU General Data Protection Regulation. In this post for Privacy Perspectives, Joanne McNabb, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, CIPT, offers a review of the draft and final WP29 guidelines.
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Earlier this week, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a settlement with EmblemHealth for a data breach incident that exposed the Social Security numbers of more than 80,000 individuals. In this post for Privacy Perspectives, Wiley Rein Partner Kirk Nahra, CIPP/US, highlights three take-aways from the case.
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In an article for The Privacy Advisor, ShanShan Pa, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP, looks at the European Commission’s recent proposal for the free flow of non-personal data.
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The Senate is expected to approve a bipartisan banking bill next week that would require credit-reporting companies to allow consumers to freeze their credit data for free, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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Massachusetts Assistant Attorney General Sara Cable has voiced her concerns related to a pair of proposed national data breach notification laws, Axios reports. Cable believes the two bills would undermine the strict data breach laws implemented in Massachusetts.
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A proposed data breach notification bill is drawing criticism from retailers and consumer advocates, Bloomberg reports.
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Lawmakers are expected to vote on the FCC CIO Parity Act, which would grant the chief information officer of the Federal Communications Commission a “significant role” in processes related to IT development and operations, Nextgov reports.
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ASIA-PACIFIC

SecurityBrief Asia reports Singapore has become the sixth country to join the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation's Cross-Border Privacy Rules system.
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Singapore's Personal Data Protection Commission has released its response to the public consultation on proposed changes to the Personal Data Protection Act, the Norton Rose Fulbright Data Protection Report reports.
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CANADA

The Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics released its report reviewing the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, The Globe and Mail reports. The committee found the law needs to be updated and offered several recommendations on the ways to do so.
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Privacy Commissioner of Canada Daniel Therrien has submitted his views on the review of Bill C-59. Therrien sent a letter to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security in order to assist in the committee's review of the bill.
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The British Columbia government is asking citizens to weigh in on Freedom of Information requests, The Lawyer’s Daily reports.
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EUROPE

Jan Philipp Albrecht, Green MEP for northern Germany and former rapporteur for the EU General Data Protection Regulation on the LIBE Committee, has announced he will leave the European Parliament this September to serve as Minister for Digital and Outdoors in Schleswig-Holstein.
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