In this week's Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, read about changes to South Korea's data protection laws that may help as the country engages in adequacy talks with the European Union. The Kenyan government has announced a commitment to working with telecommunications companies and civil society advocates to develop its data privacy and protection framework. A year into Australia’s Notifiable Data Breaches scheme operation, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner reported a “significant increase in workload.” In the U.S., both the House and Senate are slated to hold hearings on privacy issues. 

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India outlined a new draft policy for its e-commerce sector that included a focus on data localization, Bloomberg reports.
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Starting March 19, South Korea’s Act on the Promotion of IT Network Use and Information Protection (Network Act) will require digital communications providers to establish a domestic representative to deal with data protection issues if they lack a physical presence in the country and deal with citizen data, Bloomberg Law reports.
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Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced a proposal to the state’s Freedom of Information Law to restrict the release of booking mug shots and arrest information, calling it "an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy," NBC New York reports.
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ICYMI

In this article for The Privacy Advisor, Angelique Carson, CIPP/US, reports on the recent California state hearing on California Consumer Protection Act and the proposed amendments before it takes effect Jan. 1, 2020.
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AFRICA

The Kenyan government has announced a commitment to working with telecommunications companies and civil society advocates as it develops a data privacy and protection framework to safeguard mobile data, the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation reports.
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ASIA-PACIFIC

A year into Australia’s Notifiable Data Breaches scheme operation, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner reported that it has received 812 breach notifications and represented a “significant increase in workload,” according to Information and Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk, ZDNet reports.
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Following the passage of the Mobile Number Portability Act, the Philippines National Privacy Commissioner vowed to work with the National Telecommunications Commission and other relevant agencies to safeguard the personal data of mobile subscribers, CNN Philippines reports.
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CANADA

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario announced it will investigate a data-sharing arrangement between U.S. health organization IQVIA and a company that sells electronic medical record software to doctors in the province, the Toronto Star reports.
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Élections Québec released a report that recommends policies where parties should be covered by privacy legislation.
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EUROPE

In a report on its investigation into misinformation campaigns, the U.K. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport found Facebook violated privacy and competition rules, the Guardian reports.
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France’s data protection authority, the CNIL, released a series of frequently asked questions on the steps organizations should take in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to a post from Hunton Andrews Kurth's Privacy & Information Security Law Blog.
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LATIN AMERICA

Commissioners of Mexico’s Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data have accused the federal attorney general of preventing its investigation into the government’s use of spyware to monitor journalists, lawyers and activists, The Associated Press reports.
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US

The U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce Consumer Protection Subcommittee will host a hearing titled “Protecting Consumer Privacy in the Era of Big Data” Feb. 26, Broadcasting & Cable reports.
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The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announced the witnesses for its hearing on a federal data privacy framework Feb. 27.
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Members of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg requesting a briefing on allegations stemming from a consumer complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission, CNET reports.
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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra unveiled revamped data breach notification laws for the state, TechCrunch reports.
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North Dakota’s House unanimously passed legislation to study personal internet data issues, KFGO reports.
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Microsoft has voiced its opposition to a Washington state bill on facial-recognition technology it claims is too restrictive, Wired reports.
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