In this week’s global legislative roundup, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission announced a 405 million euro fine against Instagram. The European Data Protection Board and European Data Protection Supervisor called on EU policymakers to increase funding for EU General Data Protection Regulation enforcement. And in the U.S., the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act was signed into law.
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Technology think tank TechFreedom called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to halt rulemaking for online privacy, MediaPost reports.
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The California Privacy Protection Agency will provide an update on California Privacy Rights Act rulemaking during its open meeting Sept. 23.
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Enforcement
The European Data Protection Board released its opinion on the proposed European Police Cooperation Code.
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The EDPB and the EDPS sent a letter to European Parliament and the Council of the European Union urging increased funding to ensure proper enforcement of the EU GDPR.
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France’s data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, fined legal service provider Infogreffe 250,000 euros for violating the GDPR.
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Ireland's Data Protection Commission officially announced its 405 million euro children's data protection fine against Meta's Instagram.
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Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Singapore President Halimah Yacob renewed a bilateral agreement for digital security and cooperation.
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TechCrunch reports South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission announced fines totaling KRW 100 billion to Google and Meta over data processing violations related to user consent.
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The United Arab Emirates’ Abu Dhabi Global Market's Office of Data Protection and Israel's data protection authority, the Privacy Protection Authority, agreed to a memorandum of understanding “to facilitate mutual understanding of the legislative, procedural and information technology frameworks in their respective jurisdictions in the area of data and privacy protection."
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Asia Pacific
The Hindustan Times reports Reserve Bank of India deputy governor T Rabi Sankar said the new draft data protection bill should include protections for customer data.
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Bloomberg Law reports Indonesia's Parliament is poised to pass the Personal Data Protection Bill this week.
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Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand Michael Webster submitted supporting comments to the Ministry of Justice's consultation on potential amendments to data collection notification provisions under the Privacy Act 2020.
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Europe
The European Commission released a proposal for the EU Cyber Resilience Act.
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The Council of the European Union and EU Parliament signed the Digital Markets Act into law.
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Euractiv reports the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union submitted its final compromise proposals on the initial draft of the Data Act.
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US
The U.S. Government Accountability Office published a report on increased risks to consumer data privacy, recommending U.S. Congress pass federal privacy legislation to curb rising issues.
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United States Chamber of Commerce Vice President of the Chamber Technology Engagement Center Jordan Crenshaw released the organization's outline for provisions worth including in federal privacy legislation, noting the need for "true preemption" and exclusion of a private right of action.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., signed Assembly Bill 2273, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, into law.
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Guidance
The European Data Protection Board announced its next coordinated enforcement action will focus on the data protection officer designations.
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ICYMI
The proposed American Data Privacy and Protection Act has reached a standstill in the U.S. House. IAPP Westin Research Fellow Amy Olivero takes stock of the current version of the proposal and how it has transformed compared to prior drafts.
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