This week the Privacy Tracker legislative roundup features an in-depth look at Ontario’s new Health Care Privacy Act; special committee recommendations on British Columbia’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; and efforts to pen “practical” regulations for the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act’s new breach requirements. Philippines President Benigno Aquino has signed a bill creating the Department of Information and Communications Technology. In the EU, members of the Article 31 Committee were unable to reach an agreement on the EU-US Privacy Shield and a ruling determined that dynamic IP addresses are personal information. Plus, read an analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Spokeo case.
LATEST NEWS
Philippines President Benigno Aquino has signed a bill creating the Department of Information and Communications Technology, reports Manilla Bulletin.
The EU Network and Information Security Directive is likely to enter into force this August, reports Covington & Burling’s Inside Privacy.
New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan signed a bill banning revenge porn, reports the AP.
A spokesman for Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf has said he will sign a 911 privacy billthat would exempt certain 911-caller information from Right-To-Know requests, reports CBS Local.
ICYMI
In a post for Privacy Tracker, Rita Heimes, CIPP/US, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins case its implications for future privacy litigation.
In this piece for The Privacy Advisor, Morrison and Foerster’s Lokke Moerel and Alex van der Wolk look at the first four months, and 1,500 breach notifications, of the Dutch law to look forward to the looming GDPR notification requirements.
Timothy Banks, CIPM, CIPP/C, writes for Privacy Tracker about recommendations by the special committee appointed to review the British Columbia Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
In this Privacy Tracker post, Timothy Banks, CIPM, CIPP/C, offers an analysis of Ontario’s new Health Information Protection Act and the ways it has amended the Ontario Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004.
Further, Sam Pfeifle writes up Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s efforts to pen “practical” regulations for PIPEDA’s new breach requirements.
US
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, says changes to the Email Privacy Act are possible as his committee prepares to examine the bill—though he’s not anticipating any, The Hill reports.
In a CNN report, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., talks about legislation he plans to propose with Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., that would block the Department of Justice’s Rule 41, which would give judges the ability to grant search warrants for devices outside their jurisdiction.
A majority of Federal Communications Commission members believe Chairman Tom Wheeler’s broadband privacy proposal would benefit from having more time, The Hill reports.
ASIA PACIFIC
The Securities and Futures Commission and Hong Kong courts have penalized an insurance agent, a marketing company, and a licensed individual for improper handling of personal data under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, according to Norton Rose Fulbright’s Data Protection Report.
This August, the Australian federal court will rule on the definition of personal information in the context of the Privacy Act, iTnews reports.
EUROPE
Members of the Article 31 committee were unable to reach an agreement on the EU-US Privacy Shield, arguing that more time was necessary “to consider the implications of the proposal,” Ars Technica reports.
Manuel Campus Sanchez-Bordona, the EU advocate general, has determined that dynamic IP addresses qualify as personal data, according to a blog post from Covington.
Phil Lee, CIPM, CIPP/E, takes on 10 popular General Data Protection Regulation miscommunications in a report for Fieldfisher’s privacy law blog.