New broad-reaching right-to-be-forgotten regulations in Indonesia are drawing concerns that they infringe on freedom of the press. The Philippines’ National Privacy Commission has issued new rules and guidance on data sharing between government agencies. An Irish advocacy group has brought a legal challenge against the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. Rape victims in England and Wales may soon see stronger privacy protections. Australia’s proposed mandatory data breach notification law passed its second reading in the House. And the U.S. Federal Communications Commission passed new rules for internet service providers. Read about all this and more in this week’s Privacy Tracker weekly legislative roundup.
LATEST NEWS
Australia’s proposed mandatory breach notification bill has passed its second reading in the House of Representatives, reports Lexology.
New right-to-be-forgotten regulations in Indonesia are bringing concernsas some say they go beyond EU-style rules and eclipse freedom of the press, reports Dow Jones Business News.
Kuwait has rolled back a law requiring citizens of and visitors to the country to provide DNA samples, reports Tech Dirt. The law now requires DNA samples from suspected criminals only.
The National Privacy Commission of the Philippines issued a memorandum circular outlining new rules allowing data sharing between government agencies, reports The Philippine Star.
The House of Lords will next month debate a proposal to protect the privacy of rape victims in England and Wales. The proposal aims to withdraw the right of suspected rapists to find out the identity of the woman who has accused them, reports the Guardian.
A California court has held thata violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act is, in itself, a concrete and particularized harm, reports JDSupra.
ICYMI
In a highly anticipated vote, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved sweeping new privacy rules for broadband providers, Jedidiah Bracy, CIPP, reports for The Privacy Advisor.
Hogan Lovells' Jared Bomberg writes for Privacy Tracker about how the Wyndham and LabMD cases changed congressional oversight of the Federal Trade Commission’s data security enforcement practices.
Timothy Banks, CIPM, CIPP/C, writes for Privacy Tracker about two new bills addressing genetic privacy in Canada.
After a year of turmoil following the abolition of Safe Harbor, and the controversial birthing of its replacement, Privacy Shield, the European Commission now looks more determined than ever to keep EU-U.S. data flows going at any cost, Jennifer Baker reports in this exclusive for The Privacy Advisor.
There are new cybersecurity regulations coming early next year for financial services companies in New York state, and they're the cause of some stirring among those charged with data protection and privacy, reports Angelique Carson for The Privacy Advisor.
US
The Oakland Privacy Commission has approved its first-ever stingray policy, with the City Council and the Public Safety Committee to give it final approval, SFGate reports.
CANADA
After it looked like a region of Belgium would hold up the deal, a compromise was reached on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the EU, CBC News reports.
EUROPE
Privacy advocacy group Digital Rights Ireland has filed a complaint challenging the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield with the EU’s General Court, Reuters reports.
The European Commission proposed two draft Commission Implementing Decisions that would amend existing adequacy decisionsand EU model clauses to remove provisions restricting the power of DPAs, Hunton & Williams reports.
The Article 29 Working Party will by the end of the year release official guidance on how regulators will enforce the General Data Protection Regulation, Bloomberg BNA reports.
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that dynamic IP addresses are personal data in specific situations, Hogan Lovells reports.
In a Fieldfisher blog post, Phil Lee, CIPP/E, outlines how the General Data Protection Regulation will set the standard for global privacy contracting.
The Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden has banned drone cameras, ruling the devices violate the country’s surveillance laws, Ars Technica reports.