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The EU Civil Liberties Committee has voted to support the Umbrella Agreement, which sets data protection standards for personal data exchanged across the Atlantic. The agreement is scheduled for a plenary vote Dec. 1. A Canadian Supreme Court ruling offers guidance on PIPEDA interpretation; Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien is asking for clear rules around law enforcements’ collection and handling of data; and a New Brunswick benefits bill has been altered based on privacy concerns. Argentina has a new regulation on data transfer. And in the U.S., some civil liberties groups are voicing concerns about a Texas bill they say infringes on students’ privacy rights. Read about this and more in this week's Privacy Tracker legislative roundup.
LATEST NEWS
The EU Civil Liberties Committee has voted in support of the so-called Umbrella Agreement between the EU and U.S., which sets data protection standards for personal data exchanged by law enforcement and offers EU citizens the same rights to redress as U.S. citizens in U.S. courts, among other things.
Lexology reports on the Hungarian Data Protection and Freedom of Information Authority’s guidance on the basic requirements of processing employee data.
At the Romanian Computer Show, CIO at the Prime Minister’s Chancellery, Secretary of State Cristian Cucu has affirmed that Romania will adopt the EU General Data Protection Regulation, reports Nine O’Clock.
The Digital Economy Bill is expected to have its third review in the House of Commons this week with privacy advocates voicing concerns, reports The Stack.
U.K. Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham announced her office will create a dedicated parliamentary and government affairs team, reports UKAuthority.
A Texas state senator has proposed a bill that would require educators offer parents access to all records, information and “general knowledge” on their children. The bill is in response to one district’s guidelines stressing a right to privacy for transgender students, reports The Guardian.
ICYMI
In this post for Privacy Perspectives, Hunton & Williams Partner Manuel Maisog analyzes specific provisions of China’s new cybersecurity law and argues why this is "a bad deal for China," namely, that it "is the product of the same sort of excessively introspective ... politically correct neuroses of the Cultural Revolution."
Angelique Carson, CIPP/US, reports U.K. Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham’s plans given the legal uncertainties she faces, and the changes the GDPR will impose on her office should the U.K. continue to comply with EU law.
ASIA PACIFIC
Thailand's parliament will consider the controversial online monitoring amendments to its 2007 Computer Crime Act this week, a move that critics say will erode free speech and privacy on the internet, Reuters reports.
CANADA
Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has called on Parliament to enact clearer rules around how law enforcement collects, obtains and destroys data on Canadian citizens, the Toronto Star reports.
A New Brunswick benefits bill has been altered because of privacy concerns. The bill details what information is shared between the New Brunswick and federal governments in determining eligibility for government programs, CBC reports.
EUROPE
According to a freedom of information request by Bits of Freedom, Latvia, Hungary, Poland, Croatia and Italy want an EU-wide law to assist law enforcement agencies to both access encrypted data and share it with other countries' investigators, EurActiv reports.
An amendment to the Digital Economy Bill would require every pornographic website in the U.K. to have age verification protocols, Newsweek reports.
LATIN AMERICA
The Argentine Data Protection Agency has issued a new regulation on international transfers of personal data, referred to as the DNPDP Disposition 60 — E/2016, the Allende & Brea blog reports. (In Spanish)