In this week's Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, the European Data Protection Board released its annual report detailing guidance and opinions issued over the last year. Facebook received a $9 million fine from the Canada Competition Bureau. Ireland's Data Protection Commission reached a preliminary decision on possible Twitter violations, and China is deliberating its first civil code that would grant privacy rights to citizens. In the U.S., the Federal Trade Commission settled two separate privacy cases, and state legislators have introduced privacy bills to protect citizens’ rights against contact tracing efforts.
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Reuters reports the Chinese Parliament will deliberate on China's first civil code, a package of laws that includes a bill that would give citizens the right to privacy and requirements for data protection for organizations.
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The Irish Data Protection Commission submitted a draft decision to EU member states for its investigation into whether Twitter violated the EU General Data Protection Regulation, Euractiv reports.
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An 18 billion euro class-action lawsuit has been filed in the High Court of London against easyJet over its January data breach involving 9 million customers, ZDNet reports.
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ICYMI
Facebook agreed to pay $9 million to settle a Canada Competition Bureau investigation. In this piece for Privacy Perspectives, nNovation Counsel Constantine Karbaliotis, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, FIP, looks at what the settlement means for Canadian regulatory actions going forward.
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In this piece for Privacy Perspectives, IAPP Senior Westin Research Fellow Müge Fazlioglu, CIPP/E, CIPP/US breaks down the provisions causing bipartisan divide over the passage of federal privacy legislation in the U.S.
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ENFORCEMENT
Argentina’s Agency for Access to Public Information fined Google Argentina and Google 280,000 pesos for not complying with the Personal Data Protection Law. (Original post is in Spanish.)
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The European Data Protection Board published its "2019 Annual Report" that details guidance and opinions handed down by the authority over the last year.
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The French data protection authority, the CNIL, published its recommendations regarding the implementation of data anonymization techniques.
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The Norwegian data protection authority, Datatilsynet, issued a NOK 3 million fine to the municipality of Bergen for not sufficiently securing children’s personal information in a school communication system.
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The Danish data protection authority, Datatilsynet, fined staffing and recruitment company JobTeam DKK 50,000 for not complying with EU General Data Protection Regulation requirements for processing personal data.
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Equifax agreed to pay a $30.5 million class-action suit settlement with financial institutions over the credit reporting firm's 2017 data breach, Reuters reports.
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced a finalized settlement with Tapplock over the Canadian company's false privacy claims.
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Swiss-based digital game developer Miniclip settled U.S. Federal Trade Commission allegations that it falsely claimed it was a member of a Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act safe harbor program.
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ASIA-PACIFIC
The Parliament of Australia passed legislation that offers stronger privacy protections for the country's COVIDSafe contact tracing app, The New Daily reports.
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EUROPE
European Commission Vice President for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová and Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders issued a joint statement on the second anniversary of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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The New York Times reports Germany's Federal Constitutional Court, Bundesverfassungsgericht, ruled law enforcement is prohibited from conducting random searches of online data belonging to foreign individuals.
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Hungary's decision to pause EU General Data Protection Regulation obligations during COVID-19 is worrying the European Data Protection Board, Euractiv reports.
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A law on the use of biometrics in financial services could be adopted by the Russian State Duma next month.
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US
U.S. Rep. Raymond Crews, R-La., introduced a resolution to protect citizens' privacy rights as contact tracing begins in Louisiana, KATC News reports.
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U.S. State Sen. Chris Jacobs, R-N.Y., introduced privacy legislation to protect citizens against New York's contact tracing efforts, according to Niagara Frontier Publications.
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