In this week's Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, read about Canada's new breach notification requirements and China's "Circular 151," which allows law enforcement to impose cybersecurity and data protection laws, both of which took effect Nov. 1. The Irish Supreme Court announced it will hear Facebook’s appeal of a referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union Jan. 21, and in the U.S., Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced a draft privacy law that would empower the Federal Trade Commission to fine companies and deliver prison time to executives who mislead the agency.
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China’s Provisions for the Supervisions and Inspection of Network Security by Public Security Agencies, referred to as “Circular 151,” officially went into effect Nov. 1 and will provide a legal basis and framework for enforcement agencies to impose the country’s cybersecurity and data protection laws with on-site or remote inspections, JD Supra reports.
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A group from the University of Washington presented recommendations to a state work group on revising Washington state law to reflect the emergence of driverless cars, The Lens reports.
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ICYMI
The data breach notification requirements under Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act came into effect Nov. 1, Shaun Brown reports on the requirements for Privacy Tracker.
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Marc Stauch writes on a June court case where the U.K. Court of Appeal reversed an English High Court decision and permitted General Medical Council, as data controller, to disclose an expert medical report to a patient pursuant to a data subject access request.
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US
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released a draft privacy law that would establish a national "Do Not Track" opt-out website, empower the Federal Trade Commission to fine companies and send executives to prison for 20 years should they mislead the agency.
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Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court were divided on the fairness of cy pres settlements in privacy cases, Reuters reports.
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced it will hold hearings in December and February to discuss the agency’s authority to deter unfair and deceptive practice in privacy and data security cases.
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has announced the agenda for the seventh session of its Hearings Initiative.
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ASIA-PACIFIC
In an effort to develop and support its privacy operations, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has published a Request for Tender, calling for submissions from external parties to help with privacy impact assessments, non-legal privacy advice, and privacy-related training, ZDNet reports.
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The Philippines' National Privacy Commission announced it has earned a voting seat on the five-member executive committee of the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, Rappler reports.
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EUROPE
The European Commission has met with Indian government officials to discuss data protection, The Economic Times reports.
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Chair of the LIBE Committee Claude Moraes is leading a group of Civil Liberties MEPs to South Korea to discuss data protection issues with the country’s authorities.
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France’s data protection authority, the CNIL, has released figures on the number of reported data breaches since the EU General Data Protection Regulation went into effect, Hunton Andrews Kurth's Privacy & Information Security Law Blog reports.
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The Irish Supreme Court announced it will hear Facebook’s appeal of a referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union Jan. 21, The Irish Times reports.
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The Portuguese Supervisory Authority fined an unnamed hospital 400,000 euros earlier this year for violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation, according to Covington & Burling's Inside Privacy blog.
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