In this week’s Privacy Tracker legislative roundup, read about potential new breach reporting requirements and enforcement in The Netherlands as the Senate has approved the proposal. Meanwhile, Germany’s new data retention bill has been introduced, and debates over the one-stop-shop mechanism continue. In Australia, there are efforts toward creating a database of passport and license photos to enable police to share data and identify terrorists, and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has released a new privacy management framework. In the U.S., varied state laws continue to be a challenge for businesses; the Federal Communications Commission chair has a plan for addressing the lack of clarity in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and the Department of Justice has issued new drone guidelines.
LATEST NEWS
Italy’s Data Protection Authority, the Garante, has issued a data protection handbook for employersto use as a tool in navigating privacy regulations that are applicable to the employment relationship, JDSupra reports.
The Dutch Senate has approved new breach reporting requirements and an increase in power for the data protection authority, reports Data Guidance.
The Guardian offers an outline of new surveillance powers proposed in the UK and what they would mean for businesses.
In the U.S., a proposed bill in California would bar the state healthcare exchange from sharing individuals’ information with third parties unless they indicate they want assistance from insurance agents or enrollment counselors, California Healthline reports.
South Coast Today reports the Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight is considering a number of bills to change the state’s public records laws.
Minnesota Rep. John Lesch (DFL-St. Paul) has announced plans to draft a revenge porn bill for the state, reports Duluth News Tribune.
New York lawmakers are looking into whether current penalties for privacy violations and data breaches are appropriate in today’s online environment, reports the Associated Press.
GLOBAL
Angelique Carson, CIPP/US, reports for The Privacy Advisor on the EU and APEC working to streamline the approval process for binding corporate rules and cross-border privacy rules.
U.S.
The Wall Street Journal reports on the difficulties companies face with 21 states having differing social media privacy laws.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has announced a proposal to address the 20-plus petitions seeking clarity on the scope of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Hogan Lovells' Chronicle of Data Protection reports.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a draft of its Privacy Risk Management Frameworkand is accepting public comment through July 13.
In a blog post for The Huffington Post, Larry Magid writes that students have been missing from the ongoing conversations about and proposed legislation to protect student privacy.
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh has granted class-action status to nonsubscribers of Yahoo in a lawsuit filed on behalf of millions of Internet users that alleges wiretapping violations in the company's scanning of email, BloombergBusiness reports.
Tim Sparapani writes for Forbes about the proposed Federal Trade Commission consent decree with Nomi Technologies, calling it "a cautionary tale for businesses everywhere wrestling with data innovation and privacy and security protection."
EU
In a blog post for Hogan Lovells' Chronicle of Data Protection,Partner Eduardo Ustaran, CIPP/E, examines the much-discussed one-stop-shop proposal.
PCWorld reports a draft German data retention law has been released, establishing new rules for telecommunications and Internet providers.
Jan Dhont and Alyssa Cervantes report for The Privacy Advisor on the European Court of Justice’s examination of a key question concerning the future of transborder data flows between the U.S. and EU.
In the context of French, Spanish, German and Dutch regulators’ investigations into Facebook’s practices, TheNew York Times reports on the increasingly complex questions surrounding regulation in the EU.
ASIA PACIFIC
Anna von Dietze, CIPP/E, CIPM, writes for The Privacy Advisor about the new Privacy Management Framework from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner intended to assist private- and public-sector organizations in meeting their privacy compliance obligations.
Attorneys-general and law enforcement officials from across Australia agreed recently to work toward creating a database of pictures from passports and licenses for identifying criminals as well as creating easier in-roads for police to share data, Biometric Update reports.