This week’s Privacy Tracker legislative roundup offers ways for you to get up-to-speed on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. Plus, we’ve got the details of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission proposal for new privacy rules for Internet service providers. Also, learn about changes to Taiwan’s Personal Information Protection Act that provide clarity on things like consent; proposals in France, California and at the U.S. federal level on decrypting phones; and the U.K. “Snooper’s Charter” is receiving more ire. In Canada, Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien announced plans to update the country’s Privacy Act, and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada is holding a consultation on new data breach regulations.
LATEST NEWS
Taiwan has amended its Personal Information Protection Act, reports Lexology, providing clarity on some previous amendments.
USA Today reports that the smattering of state drone laws may conflict in with the drone policies of the Federal Aviation Administration.
A bill in front of the California Assembly would require all phones sold in the state to be capable of being decrypted, reports the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
The New Hampshire Senate has passed a bill outlawing revenge porn, it will now go to the House, reports the Associated Press.
ICYMI
In this Privacy Tracker post, Westin Fellow Gabriel Maldoff, CIPP/US, outlines the seven principles of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield.
In this post for Privacy Perspectives, Eduardo Ustaran, CIPP/E, looks at the bigger picture surrounding Privacy Shield to provide an understanding of what the new agreement "brings to the table of global privacy."
Timothy Banks, CIPM, CIPP/C, writes for Privacy Tracker about Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s consultation on new federal data breach regulationsto bring the breach reporting law into force.
In this report for The Privacy Advisor, Jedidiah Bracy, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, reports on the details of the Federal Communications Commission’s proposal for new privacy rules for Internet service providers.
US
The top Republican and Democratic senators on the Senate Intelligence Committee are finalizing a legislative proposal that would mandate civil penalties for companies that do not comply with court orders compelling a company to help the government access encrypted data, Reuters reports.
In a Q&A with The New York Times, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker discusses the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield.
Bloomberg BNA reports that a probation agreement permitting government searches of a probationer's property does not trump constitutional privacy protections, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week.
ASIA PACIFIC
New laws in New South Wales require pawnbrokers to collect and store the MAC addresses of any Wi-Fi enabled tools that come through their stores, iTnews report.
CANADA
Privacy Commissioner of Canada Daniel Therrien announced his plans for updating the Privacy Act while "welcoming" its review by other lawmakers at a House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics meeting Thursday, his office said in a statement.
Alberta Privacy Commissioner Jill Clayton has recommended to the standing committee on Alberta's economic future that nonprofits should comply with privacy legislation, the Calgary Sun reports.
EUROPE
Members of the European Parliament have voted against placing the Passenger Name Record on the plenary session agenda, citing privacy objections, EurActiv reports.
Computing reports that some analysts are predicting the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield will not stand up to judicial scrutiny in Europe.