In this week’s Privacy Tracker legislative roundup, read about the outcome of the 36th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, concerns in Germany over the collection of personal data by cars and a push for the U.S. to pass cybersecurity legislation. Also in the U.S., a Pennsylvania bill establishing a prescription drug monitoring program handily passed the legislature despite privacy concerns and is headed to the governor’s desk, and in Nevada, a law requiring DNA samples to be taken from all individuals arrested for a felony has been in effect for four months with almost no pushback.
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The Conference of the German Federal and State Data Protection Authorities has adopted a resolution expressing concern about privacy risks involved in the collection and processing of personal data in cars, reports the Hogan Lovells Chronicle of Data Protection.
The California Superior Court has ordered Bank of America to turn over call recordings made with borrowers during the period of the Excessive Forbearance Remediation Project in 2013, subject to the Privacy Notice, reports Digital Journal.
Nevada’s four-month-old law requiring DNA samples be taken form all individuals arrested for a felony has received little pushback, according to a Las Vegas Review Journal report.
The Pennsylvania Senate has passed a prescription drug monitoring bill despite privacy concerns voiced by the American Civil Liberties Union, reports The Mercury News. The bill now head to the governor’s desk.
ICYMI
Christian Wiese Svanberg offers an overview of the EU Council of Ministers’ discussions of the proposed General Data Protection Regulation and the highly debated right to be forgotten in this Privacy Tracker post.
In a case deciding whether the display of ads by Google's Remarketing service violated the Israeli Spam Act, a district court correctly dismissed the case but in turn "practically altered the law's provisions," writes Dan Or-Hof, CIPP/US.
U.S.
In a filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the American Bankers Association (ABA) said banks that call or text customers run the risk of being sued under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, a 23-year-old law that requires consumers' consent to being called on their mobile phones, Quartz reports.
MediaPost reports Judge Thomas Thrash, Jr., dismissed a potential class-action lawsuit by an Android user alleging Cartoon Network violated the Video Privacy Protection Act when it shared the titles of the videos he watched, combined with his Android ID, to Bango, which was then able to attribute his private viewing habits to an "existing digital dossier."
With U.S. federal, state and local elections on the horizon, The Washington Post reports on the potential effects a Republican-run Senate would have on tech policy.
Members of the 9/11 Commission are urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to pass cybersecurity legislation before year's end, The Hill reports.
The IAPP will offer a web conference featuring insights on recent updates to the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act from FTC Senior Attorney Peder Magee and TRUSTe Director of Product Privacy Joanne Furtsch, CIPP/US, CIPP/C, on October 30.
CANADA
Alberta has "formally filed" a motion to extend the deadline for the province to amend its Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) with the Supreme Court, reports Metro News.
EU
Jedidiah Bracy, CIPP/US, CIPP/E, has gone through this year's declaration from the DPAs and three resolutions released from the 36th Annual International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners and offers this quick look at some of the takeaways for Privacy Perspectives.
During a meeting in Luxembourg, EU justice ministers for the first time "sounded out their political views on the balance between the right to be forgotten and the right to know," Bloomberg reports.
Belgium will have, for the first time in history, a member of the cabinet dedicated to privacy, write DLA Piper's Patrick Van Eecke and Elisabeth Verbrugge in this Privacy Advisor report.
While it hasn’t yet received the increase funding expected, the Irish Office of the Data Protection Commissioner is getting a "range of measures designed to strengthen the office," reports The Irish Times.
ASIA PACIFIC
Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner Allan Chiang has issued guidance on a number of data protection issues banks must consider, Out-Law.com reports.
Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison is defending a proposal to collect biometric data, noting such retention of "sensitive personal information on travelers was becoming a 'common standard' for countries," The Guardian reports.