In this week’s Privacy Tracker legislative roundup, read about a bill proposed in the Singapore Parliament to facilitate data sharing between government agencies. Also, members of the European Parliament’s LIBE committee went to Japan as discussions continue around the adequacy of Japan’s data protection framework. The European Parliament approved a new electronic system designed to store the biometric information of non-EU citizens traveling in and out of the member states. In the U.S., a recently proposed “hacking back” bill would give organizations some legal authority to go after their hackers; New York’s Attorney General has proposed the SHIELD Act to protect state residents from data breaches; and Oklahoma is now compliant with the federal REAL ID Act.
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Alberta’s NDP government has introduced An Act to Protect Gay-Straight Alliances, which would require public schools to protect LGBTQ students and information on students’ involvement in gay-straight alliances, reports Globe and Mail.
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A bill proposed in the Singapore Parliament would facilitate data sharing between government agencies and bring all public agencies and ministries under the direction of one minister in charge of civil services for the purposes of data sharing and certain other areas, reports the Straits Times.
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Politics.co.uk reports that the U.K. data protection bill includes a provision that would strip data privacy rights from immigrants.
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New York’s Attorney General has proposed the SHIELD Act, which aims to protect state residents from data breaches, reports WSYR-TV.
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The Oklahoma legislature has passed a law making the state compliant with the federal REAL ID Act after 12 years of receiving extensions, reports Tahlequah Daily Press.
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In the wake of the Equifax data breach, Rhode Island Rep. James Langevin is pushing his proposal for a national data breach law, reports Inside Cyabersecurity.
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ICYMI
IAPP Westin Fellow Lee Matheson, CIPP/US, writes about recent cases brought under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and their impact on privacy professionals for Privacy Tracker.
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In this exclusive for The Privacy Advisor, David Meyer writes about the furious lobbying that preceded the EU Parliament vote on the ePrivacy Regulation.
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Gal Omer, CIPP/E, writes for Privacy Tracker about new guidelines on using surveillance cameras in the workplace published by Israel's data protection authority.
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In this post for Privacy Perspectives, Amanda O'Keefe, CIPP/US, weighs the pros and cons of "hacking back" and a recently proposed U.S. bill that would give organizations some legal authority to go after their hackers.
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ASIA PACIFIC
The EU Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs has sent an eight-member delegation to Tokyo as the European Commission continues to discuss the adequacy decision of Japan’s data protection framework with country officials.
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Hong Kong’s High Court declared police must obtain a warrant to search the digital contents of seized personal technology devices, unless the search is to prevent imminent danger to the public, loss or destruction of evidence, or if the discovery of evidence is “extremely urgent,” South China Morning Post reports.
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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is set to release recommendations and guidelines for data privacy, security and ownership and is said to be close to finalizing suggestions for net neutrality, Gadgets 360 reports.
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EUROPE
The European Parliament has signed off on a new electronic system designed to store the biometric information of all non-EU citizens traveling in and out of the member states, Computer Weekly reports.
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