Month: September 2020

Israel’s Privacy Shield announcement: Tiptoeing between the EU and US

Israel’s Privacy Protection Authority announced Sept. 29 that following the “Schrems II” ruling, data transfers from Israel to the United…

Ukrainian GDPR: The reality and future of privacy legislation in Ukraine

In 2017, the European Union funded a “Twinning Ombudsmanâ€� project with a budget of 1.5 million euros to help Ukraine…

Global News Roundup: Sept. 22–28, 2020

In this week’s Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, a U.S. Senate committee discussed the need for a federal privacy law,…

Turkey’s new data storage and transfer requirements for banks

Amendments to Turkish Banking Law No. 5411 in February 2020 introduced important provisions regarding how banks handle confidential customer data….

Post-‘Schrems II’: Understanding Baden-Württemberg’s updated guidance on international data transfers

On Sept. 7, 2020, Germany’s Baden-Württemberg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information updated its guidance on international data…

The Washington Privacy Act is back

On Sept. 9, 2020, Washington Sen. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, released the draft Washington Privacy Act 2021 for review and comment….

Calif. on the verge of instituting new deidentification requirements, broader research exemptions

On Sept. 5, 2020, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill 713, which amends the California Consumer Privacy Act. Although the…

Consolidating US privacy legislation: The SAFE DATA Act

The U.S. Setting an American Framework to Ensure Data Access, Transparency, and Accountability Act represents the latest stage of evolution…

Global News Roundup: Sept. 15–21, 2020

In this week’s Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, a group of U.S. senators introduced a federal privacy law that outlines…

An overview of Brazil’s LGPD

Following a year of uncertainty regarding the date of implementation, Brazil’s General Data Protection Law has officially come into effect….