Global News Roundup — October 11 - 17, 2016

In this week’s Privacy Tracker weekly roundup, read about the Australian Senate’s approval of a bill creating a cancer screening register and another that would criminalize the re-identification of de-identified data published by the commonwealth. A decision by Turkey’s Constitutional Court has established a right to be forgotten. The U.K. Information Commissioner published a code of practice that lauds just-in-time notice and the Home Office has a plan to require pregnant women to show passports prior to giving birth. In the U.S., New York may see a proposal for amending its civil rights law; South Dakota will vote on extending victims rights to families; and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., says the next two months in Congress are going to be big for privacy and security.

LATEST NEWS

The Australian Senate has passed a bill allowing for a cancer screening register after the government amended it with stronger privacy protections suggested by Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim, reports ITnews.

The Federal Communications Commission will vote on proposed consumer privacy rules at its Oct. 27 meeting, reports LawFare.

New York City’s mayor is pushing to amend the New York State Civil Rights Law in an effort to create more transparency between the NYPD and the public, reports SILive.com.

South Dakota will vote on whether to amend its constitution to offer certain rights to crime victims and their families, bringing a debate of privacy and confidentiality, reports SDPB Radio.

ICYMI

Denis Kelleher reports in this exclusive for The Privacy Advisor about the implications of the recent EU Court of Justice judgment in McFadden v. Sony. 

Turkey has taken some firm steps in the way of establishing the right to be forgotten, Begüm Yavuzdoğan Okumuş and Bensu Aydin of Gün+Partners write in Privacy Tracker.

US

In an interview with The New York Times, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., says that it will be a “big, big two months” in Congress for privacy and security, pointing to debates over encryption and Rule 41.

ASIA PACIFIC

Australian Attorney-General George Brandis has introduced a bill to criminalize the re-identification of de-identified data “published by the commonwealth,” ZDNet reports.

New binding provisions are now in force that govern how Chinese criminal authorities collect and handle electronic data in investigations, Lexology reports.

EUROPE

A European Commission official said no member states have implemented the new EU airline passenger name records directive, EUobserver reports.

The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office has endorsed the use of “just-in-time” notices in its new code of practice, according to an ICO blog post.

The British Medical Association is speaking out against the Home Office’s plans to ask pregnant women to show their passports before giving birth, BuzzFeed reports.