Global News Roundup—November 24-December 1, 2014
Contributors:
Emily Leach
CIPP/E, CIPP/US
Privacy Director
Emily Leach Privacy
In this week’s Privacy Tracker legislative roundup, read about a bill in the UK House of Commons that would mean new data retention rules for ISPs and calls in The Netherlands for an updated data protection law including a right to be forgotten.In the U.S., a group of senators have held up a newborn screening bill due to privacy concerns and an Arizona revenge porn law has been delayed after lawsuits from civil liberties groups. On a global scale, a United Nations panel has passed a resolution that would call on member states to protect digital privacy.
LATEST NEWS
Dutch MPs are calling for a new data protection law that includes a right to be forgotten and limits on government access to online data, reports Telecompaper.
The Counter-terrorism and Security Bill proposed in the UK House of Commonswould allow law enforcement the power to require communications service providers to retain IP data.
Aljazeera America offers an interactive map with a state-to-state comparison of breach notificationlaws.
Republican senators’ concerns over privacy have stalled a newborn screening bill, reports TheMilwaukee Journal Sentinel.
After lawsuits from civil liberties groups, a U.S. district judge has ordered Arizona to hold off on passing a revenge porn law in order to make changes in the next legislative session, Associated Press reports.
GLOBAL
A United Nations panel has approved a resolution prompting the General Assembly to call on member nations to respect and protect digital privacy, PCWorld reports.
U.S.
Kristina Rozan, CIPP/US, compares the Federal Trade Commission’s reasonability standards with industry standards for The Privacy Advisor.
The Wall Street Journal reports on a legal maneuver by the Department of Justice to possibly get around smartphone encryption by using a law created in 1789 called the All Writs Act.
Washington State AG Bob Ferguson sayspolice do not have to ask permission to use body cameras to record their interactions with the public in most circumstances, The Seattle Times reports.
