In this week’s Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, learn about Alastair Mactaggart’s new California ballot initiative. Mactaggart discussed the initiative on the keynote stage at the IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled the right to be forgotten can only be applied to individuals within the EU. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada decided to stick to its prior position on the transfer of personal data to third parties for processing, and China’s Cyberspace Administration Office has created the Regulations on Network Protection of Children’s Personal Information, which will go into force Oct. 1.
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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada does not believe the Court of Justice of the European Union’s right-to-be-forgotten ruling will affect the country’s rules.
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India‘s Supreme Court has given the Union government three weeks to offer details on its progress on potential regulations to regulate the misuse of social media.
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Sri Lanka‘s Ministry of Digital Infrastructure and Information Technology has finalized the draft of the country’s Personal Data Protection Legislation.
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A proposed bill in Massachusetts would establish a commission on automated decision-making, artificial intelligence, transparency, fairness and individual rights.
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ICYMI
Following a lengthy consultation process, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has now decided to stick with its 2009 position that organizations do not require consent to transfer personal information to third parties for processing. nNovation Partner Shaun Brown offers his thoughts on the decision in this piece for Privacy Perspectives.
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On the keynote stage at the IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. conference, Alastair Mactaggart discussed his new California ballot initiative. IAPP Editor Angelique Carson, CIPP/US, has the details from Las Vegas in this piece for The Privacy Advisor.
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At the IAPP’s P.S.R. conference, IAPP Editor Angelique Carson, CIPP/US, sat down with Tanya Forsheit, CIPP/US, CIPT, PLS, of Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz to discuss compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act and Alastair Mactaggart’s new ballot initiative.
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ASIA-PACIFIC
China’s Cyberspace Administration Office has created the Regulations on Network Protection of Children’s Personal Information, which will go into force Oct. 1.
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The Philippines became the ninth country to join the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Cross-Border Privacy Rules system.
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Singapore‘s Personal Data Protection Commission published a revised version of its “Guide to Notification.”
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Thailand‘s Digital Economy and Society Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta has announced the government will issue guidance on the upcoming Personal Data Protection Act, which takes effect May 2020.
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EUROPE
The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig has asked the Court of Justice of the European Union to clarify if the ePrivacy Directive supersedes the data retention provisions outlined in Germany’s Telecommunications Act.
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Digital Rights Ireland has launched the country’s first “mass action” regarding how the Public Services Card project potentially violated citizens’ privacy rights under the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled the right to be forgotten can only be applied to individuals within the EU.
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Officials from the European Commission and U.S. Department of Justice began formal negotiations on an agreement to facilitate access to electronic evidence for criminal investigations between the two regions.
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LATIN AMERICA
The government of Chile has announced it will sign four decrees on cybersecurity in October in an effort to revamp existing legislation.
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US
Privacy activist Alastair Mactaggart is launching a 2020 ballot initiative in California aimed at increasing rights and protections on personal data.
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Nevada‘s consumer opt-out bill will go into effect Oct. 1.
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission may consider less stringent rules related to children’s privacy.
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The U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation that boosts the government’s ability to respond to and assist agencies and private sector companies in the event of a major cyberattack.
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