India awaits a new data protection law that would regulate how tech giants operate within the country. Lawmakers in Vietnam passed a cybersecurity law mandating new requirements for service providers. In the EU, the European Parliament's LIBE Committee is calling for the suspension of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. The Danish Parliament passed the Danish Data Protection Act, and France passed a new data protection law implementing the EU General Data Protection Regulation. In the U.S., California lawmakers introduced legislation that will protect privacy for marijuana consumers; New York is ready to pass a nonconsensual pornography bill; and North Carolina introduced a bill to give law enforcement access to a person’s prescription drug history if under investigation for a drug crime. Read about this and more in this week's Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup. (IAPP member login required.)
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