In this week’s Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, read about a new Chilean law requiring telecommunications operators to retain consumer data for two years. Russia has made additions to its list of countries that provide sufficient privacy protections to allow transfers of personal data from the nation, and its data protection authority issued guidelines for data operators on drafting privacy policies to comply with the 2006 privacy law. In the U.S., two 9th Circuit rulings address harm in privacy cases, Delaware has updated its breach law, New York has a new backyard surveillance law and increased protections on student records, California has a new law protecting the privacy of domestic violence victims, and NIST released a draft revision of its Special Publication 800-53. (IAPP member login required.)
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