In this week’s Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, the pieces to the California Consumer Privacy Act puzzle began falling into place. Also in the U.S., the Federal Trade Commission continued its review of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, a group of House Democrats is throwing support toward a new federal privacy bill, and California has put a ban on police using facial-recognition software. The European Data Protection Board offered new guidance on a particular form of data processing, and Sri Lanka has drawn up a final draft of its data protection law.
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Alberta, Canada, plans to roll out new legislation that would allow access to a partner’s criminal records in an effort to help prevent domestic violence.
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A group of U.S. House Democrats is endorsing a federal privacy bill that favors businesses. The bill includes provisions on consumer opt-outs while calling for companies to obtain consent for data use and simplify the language in privacy policies.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., has signed off on seven bills to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act.
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A U.S. District Court Judge has upheld a Georgia jury’s decision to award 68,000 former Bucks County prison inmates damages for privacy violations by the prison.
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Wisconsin is creating a task force that will work to develop recommendations for data protection law changes and updates.
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IAPP Associate Editor Ryan Chiavetta, CIPP/US, and Staff Writer Joe Duball detailed some of the highlights from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act workshop in this piece for The Privacy Advisor.
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In an IAPP white paper, Senior Westin Fellow Müge Fazlioglu, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, discussed the consensus and divergence in federal U.S. privacy legislation proposals.
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For The Privacy Advisor, IAPP Editor Angelique Carson, CIPP/US, caught up with a handful of privacy pros to get their thoughts on the California attorney general's proposed regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act.
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DLA Piper's Jim Halpert, Andrew Kingman and Kate Lucente wrote for Privacy Perspectives to offer their law firm’s analysis of the proposed CCPA regulations.
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The Sri Lankan Ministry of Digital Infrastructure and Information introduced the final draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill, modifying the previously released Data Protection Framework.
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EUROPE
The European Data Protection Board announced it has drawn up a final draft for guidance on data processing for online services based on contracts.
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The Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union released the latest version of the proposed ePrivacy Regulation.
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The U.K. government has published an advertisement with several media outlets to advise businesses on how to prepare their databases for a no-deal Brexit.
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U.S.
The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ruled the electronic surveillance activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and citizens' Fourth Amendment rights.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., signed a bill to ban California police departments from using facial-recognition software on body cameras for three years.
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