In this week’s Privacy Tracker weekly roundup, read about a draft federal revenge porn bill in Australia, Ontario’s bill aimed at improving healthcare privacy andan overview of Germany’s new cybersecurity law. Also, media organizations have objected to the French DPA’s right-to-be-forgotten order reqiring Google to remove all RTBF requests globally and M15 Director-General Andrew Parker voiced support for the proposed "snoopers' charter" in the UK. In the U.S., advancements have been made toward offering EU citizens judicial recourse for misuse of personal data in the U.S., the Senate Finance Committee is working on taxpayer identity-fraud legislation and a bill to limit DNA retention of arrestees in California is awaiting the governor’s signature.
LATEST NEWS
Australian MPs Terri Butler and Tim Watts have released a draft bill that would make revenge porn a federal crime, reports The Conversation.
Monika Kuschewsky, CIPP/E, writes for Inside Privacy on what you need to know about Germany’s cybersecurity law.
The California legislature has passed a DNA collection bill that would allow DNA to be collected from all felon arrestees, but only allow it to be “uploaded to the state’s database after a judicial finding of probable cause,” reports California Newswire. It now awaits Gov. Brown’s signature.
Florida will see 27 new laws going into effect on October 1, including that deals with police using devices to track suspects, reports Highlands Today.
A bill introduced in Oregon’s legislature aims to protecting the privacy of students when in a legal dispute with a college, reports Oregon Public Broadcasting.
The Associated Press reports that University of Wyoming students are working to pass a law that would change how student emails are labeled under the Public Records Act.
ICYMI
In this post for Privacy Tracker, Jedidiah Bracy, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, writes about last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on reforming the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
U.S.
Inching a step closer toward a major law enforcement agreement with the European Union, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would give European citizens a right to sue in U.S. courts if their personal data is misused, The Hill reports.
The recent IRS breach affecting more than 300,000 individuals has inspired the Senate Finance Committee to develop bipartisan taxpayer identity-fraud legislation, which will be debated Wednesday, The Hill reports.
Sens. Edward Markey (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) have sent letters to 18 automakers asking for an update on their efforts to protect consumers from the privacy risks presented by smart cars, Multichannel News reports.
The Washington Post reports that the White House has indicated it will not seek legislation to mandate backdoors to encrypted communication services.
A federal judge has granted class-action status to lawsuits by financial institutions that were victims of Target's 2013 breach, The Star Tribune reports. "
ASIA PACIFIC
The governments of Australia and South Korea have "signed a blueprint of defence and security cooperation between the two nations,"Computerworld reports.
CANADA
Lawmakers in Ontario tabled Bill 119, which would amend the Personal Health Information Act, reports Legal Feeds. The amendments aim to require breach reporting, loosen rules around prosecution and double fines for "snooping" by healthcare workers.
In a recent ruling, BC's Court of Appeal has limited police access to text messages, The Vancouver Sun reports.
EUROPE
Amendments to Germany’s telecommunications law to meet the need for expanded WiFi access has privacy advocates and others concerned, Deutsche Welle reports.
Columbia Journalism Review reports that the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 29 other U.S. media organizations wrote to French privacy regulators objecting to its May order that Google expand its Right To Be Forgotten delisting to all global iterations of the site.