In this week's global legislative roundup, Bird & Bird Partner Ruth Boardman breaks down the European Commissions' draft implementing decision on standard contractual clauses. IAPP Research Director Caitlin Fennessy, CIPP, analyzes the European Data Protection Board's data transfer guidance and its step-by-step recommendations. AnJie Law Firm's Samuel Yang provides a rundown of the commonalities and differences between China's Personal Information Protection Law and the EU General Data Protection Regulation before the public consultation period ends. Canada is preparing to review a bill that would modernize the country's privacy laws and released suggestions for how to best regulate artificial intelligence. And in Ecuador, the National Assembly voted to approve the draft Organic Law on Protection of Personal Data.
THE LATEST
Bird & Bird Partner Ruth Boardman breaks down the European Commission's draft implementing decision on standard contractual clauses for The Privacy Advisor.
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The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office announced it is reviewing the European Data Protection Board's recommendations for data transfers following the "Schrems II" ruling and the European Commission's draft implementation decision on SCCs.
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The District Court of Bonn, Germany, ordered the EU General Data Protection Regulation fine against 1&1 Telecom to be reduced from 9.55 million euros to 900,000 euros, BankInfoSecurity reports.
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ICYMI
IAPP Research Director Caitlin Fennessy, CIPP, analyzes the European Data Protection Board's data transfer guidance and its step-by-step recommendations in this piece for The Privacy Advisor.
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In the fourth part of this five-part series on the top-five operational impacts of Brazil's General Data Protection Law, IAPP Westin Research Fellow Sarah Rippy dives into the responsibilities and qualifications of the data protection officer, as well as the liability they may face under the Brazilian law in this piece for Privacy Tracker.
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AnJie Law Firm's Samuel Yang provides a rundown of the commonalities and differences between China's Personal Information Protection Law and the EU General Data Protection Regulation in this piece for Privacy Tracker.
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ENFORCEMENT
Convergência Digital reports Brazilian consumer protection group Procon-SP called on electric company Enel to follow data breach notification requirements set out under Brazil's General Data Protection Law.
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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released its suggestions for how to best regulate artificial intelligence.
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The European Data Protection Board issued its first dispute resolution decision under Article 65 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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The European Data Protection Supervisor issued its opinion on a proposal from the European Commission to suspend provisions in the ePrivacy Directive to help stop the spread of child abuse images online.
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The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office published the results of its audit into major political parties' data practices.
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The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office released guidance on the processing of criminal offense data.
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New Zealand’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner offered guidance on the Privacy Act’s “serious threat to public health or safety exception” in response to COVID-19’s public health risk.
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New Zealand's Office of the Privacy Commissioner also outlined how organizations should handle individuals' requests for closed-circuit TV footage.
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ASIA-PACIFIC
Microsoft, Salesforce and Cisco are raising concerns with Australia’s proposed Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2020, ZDNet reports.
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CANADA
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Navdeep Bains will introduce a bill to modernize Canada's privacy laws. Bains will present “An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act and the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts” Monday.
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The Legislative Assembly of Alberta introduced "Bill 46: Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020" to amend several pieces of health care legislation within the province, including the Health Information Act.
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EUROPE
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled pre-ticked boxes are not a valid form of consent as telecommunications providers seek to collect or store customer data.
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In more significant news out of the EU this week, the European Commission released Thursday its draft implementing decision on SCCs for the transfer of data to third countries.
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Mobile World Live reports the European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association and GSMA Europe issued a joint statement asking EU member states to reject the latest ePrivacy Regulation proposal from the Council of the European Union.
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Dutch Deputy Prime Minister Kajsa Ollongren called for governments to have better access to data from participants in the short-term rental market under the EU Digital Services Act, Euractiv reports.
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The Luxembourg Times reports legislation proposed to Luxembourg's Chamber of Deputies aims to limit government access to personal information.
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LATIN AMERICA
Ecuador's National Assembly announced its International Relations Commission voted to approve a report on the country's draft Organic Law on Protection of Personal Data.
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US
The U.S. District Court of Massachusetts has thrown out a class-action lawsuit against Macy's related to a 2019 data breach, Law Street Media reports.
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The San Diego, California, City Council passed a first reading of ordinances that would regulate surveillance technology and establish a privacy advisory board, the Times of San Diego reports.
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State Sen. Reuven Carlyle, D-Wash., said he has kept his eye on the recently approved California Privacy Rights Act as he considers an update to the Washington Privacy Act in the upcoming weeks, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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