International Report December 2021

International Report - Issue 174

16 December 2021

Overview

Contents

PUBLISHER'S COVER NOTE

• DPA regulatory and consumer collective action are complementary incentives to encourage privacy law compliance

COMMENT

• AI is here to stay but controls are needed

LEAD STORIES

• Germany’s coalition agreement in the digitalisation era
  Katharina A. Weimer of Fieldfisher reports on the coalition government’s proposed legislative changes in Germany, including possible changes to the protection of employees’ personal data.
• Australia’s Online Privacy Bill targets social media giants
  Australia plans higher standards for online organisations under the Privacy Act. Graham Greenleaf and Katharine Kemp argue that comprehensive reform remains elusive.

NEWS

• Mexico hosts global DPA conference and starts preparing for an EU adequacy application
• Data analytics methods should address consumer privacy
  

ANALYSIS

• United Nations: AI can pose risks to human rights and privacy
• A file for lobbying purposes: CNIL fines Monsanto €400,000
• ASEAN Model Contractual Clauses: Low and ambiguous standards
• Enabling health information sharing with synthetic data

LEGISLATION

• Hong Kong adopts broad anti-doxxing law

NEWS IN BRIEF

• The Netherlands issues €750,000 fine on TikTok
• CJEU: Advertising in email inbox is subject to direct marketing rules
• Belgium DPA drafts ruling against IAB framework
• Ireland’s DPA submits draft Instagram decision
• United Arab Emirates adopts a federal-level data protection law
• EU countries may allow consumer protection associations to bring representative actions