China’s Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council has released a draft courier law for public comment that requires senders of parcels to indicate the name, address and phone number of both the sender and recipient as well as parcel contents on waybills and requires the courier company to verify that information. The French National Assembly has voted to give law enforcement increased search powers during the current state of emergency, and the UK’s so-called Snooper’s Charter is headed to the European Court of Justice. Also read an update on U.S. student privacy legislation and the dismissal of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) v. LabMD case by the FTC’s Chief Administrative Law Judge in this week’s Privacy Tracker legislative roundup.

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Hunton & Williams’ Privacy & Information Security Law Blog reports on the Chinese Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council’s draft Regulation for Couriers, which would require senders of parcels to indicate the names, addresses and phone numbers of both the sender and receiver as well as what’s in the parcel.

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The IAPP Westin Research Center offers up this practice guide on Russia’s data localization law to help you better understand what it requires, whether it applies to your organization and potential solutions.

This update from student privacy legislative update Data Quality Control for the Privacy Tracker outlines what's known about the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

U.S.

The Federal Trade Commission approved "face match to verified photo identification,” a system that allows parents to submit photos of a government-issued ID accompanied by a "selfie" for websites to verify parental consent, thus fulfilling the COPPA requirement that underage children receive documented approval from their parents before sharing personal information online, PC World reports.

The Office of Management and Budget completed its seven-month-long review of the Department of Homeland Security's drone guidance, Protecting Privacy, Civil Rights & Civil Liberties: Best Practices for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, a document many in the privacy community have their eyes on, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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CANADA

Privacy Commissioner Jill Clayton advises caution as Alberta considers Bill 5
, the so-called sunshine law that would require all government executives making more than $125,000 to have their salaries disclosed publicly, reports Edmonton Journal.

EUROPE

European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Vera Jourová said last week that the U.S. and EU are on track to reach an agreement on a new Safe Harbor before January 31, FedScoop reports.