In this week's Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, IAPP Research Director Caitlin Fennessy, CIPP/US, analyzes this year's review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield agreement and its potential to impact the Schrems II case. IAPP Legal Extern Mitchell Mantey breaks down a settlement between the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and “stalking app” developer Retina-X Studios. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada announced a joint resolution with privacy commissioners across the country on potential actions to modernize federal privacy legislation, and U.S. Reps. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., and Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., proposed a bill that would create a federal agency with the enforcement power to penalize companies for privacy rights violations. (IAPP member login required.)
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