In this week's Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, read about the latest hearing at the House Committee on Energy and Commerce during which lawmakers asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission what the agency needs to protect consumer privacy and how a federal privacy bill can help. Chinese lawmakers have introduced a new data privacy law. The Norwegian Supervisory Authority levied a fine for violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The Center for Democracy & Technology's Joseph Jerome, CIPP/US, and the IAPP's Angelique Carson, CIPP/US, discussed a U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on crafting a potential federal privacy bill, and Washington amended its state data breach notification law. (IAPP member login required.)
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