In this week's Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, the U.K. has its tentative plan for next steps with its data protection reforms. The European Data Protection Board and the European Data Protection Supervisor offered their views on the proposed Data Act. German privacy regulators called for an employee privacy law. And the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released recommendations for federal privacy law reform.
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The Toronto Star Editorial Board wrote regarding the "imperative" need for Canada to update its federal privacy law.
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Norway's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, fined the municipality of Lillestrøm NOK 300,000 for insufficient data security measures.
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ICYMI
Westin Research Fellow Samuel Adams explains the new amendments to the Virginia Consumer Data Privacy Act and their impact ahead of the implementation date next year.
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Enforcement
The Philippines National Privacy Commission has begun conducting on-site compliance visits for both public and private entities to ensure they are meeting provisions of the Data Privacy Act of 2012.
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Canada
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released recommendations for federal privacy law reform and replacement of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.
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Privacy Commissioner of Canada Daniel Therrien, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario Patricia Kosseim, and other regulators, appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics to discuss a regulatory regime around the use of facial recognition technology. Commissioners also published a joint statement calling for a new legal framework for police use of facial recognition in Canada.
Europe
European Parliament announced the adoption of recommendations from its Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age to improve the EU's proposed Artificial Intelligence Act.
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The European Data Protection Board and the European Data Protection Supervisor published a joint opinion with views and recommendations on the proposed EU Data Act.
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The Conference of Independent German Federal and State Data Protection Supervisory Authorities published a resolution calling for an Employee Data Protection Act.
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Sky News reports the U.K. government will announce its new data protection reform bill during the Queen's Speech May 10. After the speech, the government is expected "within weeks" to publish a response to a consultation with businesses and civil society on the reforms, and the draft bill — which is part of a larger data protection reform package — will be published this summer.
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The U.K. Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum, a collaborative workgroup featuring the country's four digital regulators, released its 2022-2023 workplan.
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US
The California Assembly Judiciary Committee voted to advance AB 2408, a proposal to make technology companies liable for damages and civil penalties if children under age 17 become addicted to their products or services, The Hill reports.
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An amendment to New York’s Civil Rights Act requiring private employers to provide written notice to employees whose emails, internet usage or telephone conversations are monitored or intercepted takes effect May 7, according to Husch Blackwell’s “Byte Back.”
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