Month: December 2019
The advocate general’s ‘Schrems II’ opinion: What it says and means
On Thursday, Court of Justice of the European Union Advocate General Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe released his opinion in the so-called…
What you should know about India’s forward-moving privacy bill
India’s proposed Personal Data Protection Bill — which would regulate how data of the country’s 1.3 billion people is stored,…
Global News Roundup — Dec. 9–16, 2019
In this week’s Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, read about the proposed federal U.S. data privacy laws that have secured…
Tracking the politics of US privacy legislation
Observers of the debate around the potential for a new federal data privacy law know that dozens of relevant bills…
Japan’s DPA proposes amendments to APPI
On Nov. 29, the Japanese data protection authority, the Personal Information Protection Commission, published a skeleton outline of amendments to…
Global News Roundup — Dec. 2–9, 2019
In this week’s Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, the Federal Council in Switzerland approved an amendment to the Council of…
Global News Roundup — Nov. 25–29, 2019
In this week’s Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, the Permanent Representatives Committee of the Council of the European Union rejected…