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In this week's Privacy Tracker legislative roundup, read about Poland's package of draft laws that aims to implement the EU General Data Protection Regulation, plus Romania and Luxembourg have also proposed draft GDPR implementation laws. The head of Bahrain's Economic Development Board announced that country's plans to enact data privacy and sovereignty laws. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and EU Justice Commissioner Věra Jourová have released a joint statement on the first annual review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework. And in the U.S., Illinois' governor has vetoed a geolocation privacy law that was poised to be the first in the nation, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed expanding the state’s financial cybersecurity rules to cover credit reporting agencies, and more.
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The chief executive officer of Bahrain’s Economic Development Board has announced that the country will enact data privacy and data sovereignty laws “in the next couple of months,” The Hindu Business Line reports.
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Mondaq offers an overview of how Bermuda’s Personal Information Protection Act, which comes into full force in 2018, will strengthen data protection rights for children.
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A legislative proposal to implement the GDPR has been introduced in Luxembourg's Parliament, EEAC reports.
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The government of Romania has published a draft law implementing the EU General Data Protection Regulation. Lexology reports on some key changes the law would mean for data protection in the country.
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has vetoed the Geolocation Privacy Protection Act, which was poised to be the country’s first geolocation privacy law, Illinois Policy reports.
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A federal judge struck down parts of a Newton, Massachusetts, drone ordinance saying that Federal Aviation Administration regulations preempted them, Dronelife reports.
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A federal judge has ruled that the surveillance systems on city buses in Reno, Nevada, may collect audio, as well as video recordings, the Miami Herald reports.
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New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed expanding the state’s financial cybersecurity rules to cover credit reporting agencies, New York Law Journal reports.
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ICYMI
Last week, Poland's National Legislative Center published a package of draft laws that, together with the amended draft of the Act on Personal Data Protection, aims to bring the Polish legal framework into compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation. Marcin Lewoszewski offers an overview of the package of laws for Privacy Tracker, providing insight on some of the key changes for business.
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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released its annual report Thursday, covering its work from April 1, 2016, to March 31, 2017. IAPP Canada Managing Director Kris Klein, CIPP/C, CIPM, FIP, raises some issues to the fore in this piece for The Privacy Advisor.
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Merve Gözüküçük, CIPP/E, and Bülent Eğrilmez write for Privacy Tracker about the challenges, efforts and trends of the first year with the Turkish Data Protection Law, and what the path ahead looks like.
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GLOBAL
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and EU Justice Commissioner Věra Jourová have released a joint statement on the first annual review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework.
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US
The D.C. Court of Appeals ruled law enforcement use of cell-site simulators to track a suspect’s phone without a warrant violates the U.S. Constitution, CBS News reports.
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