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.

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Taiwan has amended its Personal Information Protection Act, reports Lexology, providing clarity on some previous amendments.

The New Hampshire Senate has passed a bill outlawing revenge porn, it will now go to the House, reports the Associated Press.

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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.

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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.

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