In this week’s legislative roundup, the European Parliament passed a proposal to end anonymous cryptocurrency transactions. The European Council proposed a compromise on the Digital Services Act to account for European Parliament’s position on children’s protections, sensitive data and targeted advertising. And in the U.S., lawmakers introduced the Electronic Currency and Secure Hardware Act to develop the electronic dollar.
Enforcement
The Brazilian Ministry of Justice and Public Security opened an investigation into health plan operator Hapvida after a reported disclosure of contract numbers and Natural Persons Register numbers of indebted consumers.
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South Africa’s Information Regulator found credit reporting agency TransUnion’s response to a hack of consumer data to be inadequate, Business Tech reports.
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The Swedish data protection authority, Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten, fined Klarna Bank 7.5 million kronor after an investigation found it did not comply with several rules of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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Russian oligarchs and other influential individuals are using the U.K. General Data Protection Regulation to silence journalists, The Washington Post reports.
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The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office fined H&L Business Consulting 80,000 GPB for sending thousands of unsolicited marketing text messages.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights completed three investigations and one matter before an administrative law judge related to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance issues.
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The U.S. Senate took the next step to nominate Georgetown Law School professor Alvaro Bedoya to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission March 30, Reuters reports.
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Europe
The Danish data protection authority, Datatilsynet, issued a notice on the EU and U.S.'s agreement on the new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework saying the agreement in principle is “not yet so concrete that it makes any difference to organizations that transfer personal data to the United States.”
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The European Parliament passed a proposal to end anonymous cryptocurrency transactions, despite pushback the move would threaten privacy, CoinDesk reports.
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The French Presidency of the European Council proposed a compromise on the Digital Services Act to account for European Parliament’s position on children’s protections, sensitive data and targeted advertising, Euractiv reports.
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Latin America
According to the Senate News Agency, Brazil’s Senate appointed a commission of jurists to draft a proposal to regulate artificial intelligence.
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U.S.
U.S. Sens. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., proposed the Healthcare Cybersecurity Act to protect health data amid increasing concerns of cyberthreats from Russia, InfoSecurity reports.
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U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., introduced the Electronic Currency and Secure Hardware Act.
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