The Philippines is one step closer to getting a national ID system. In Chile, a rights group released a decree signed by the president that would require telecommunication companies to retain communications data for two years. Canada’s Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development has released a draft data breach law. And in the U.S., the House of Representatives unanimously approved the SELF-DRIVE Act, Illinois’ Geolocation Privacy Act is awaiting the governor’s signature, and the Federal Trade Commission has settled with three companies for violating the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. Read about all this and more in this week’s Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup. (IAPP member login required.)
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Editor's Note: This post has been updated to remove inaccurate information on a Finnish law.