International Report August 2022

International Report - Issue 178

01 August 2022

Overview

Contents

PUBLISHER'S COVER NOTE

• Is DPA enforcement in the EU deficient by design?

COMMENT

• AI is becoming a common theme

LEAD STORIES

• Canada introduces three new bills to modernize privacy law
  The proposed new law tries to balance privacy of individuals with growing demands for innovative processing for AI purposes, and competitiveness. By Colin Bennett of the University of Victoria, Canada.
• China’s standard contractual clauses: Restricted use and complex terms
  Welcome clarification on overseas data transfers even if data-heaviest companies will be excluded. By Graham Greenleaf.

NEWS

• DPAs in the pandemic

ANALYSIS

• Effective enforcement via DPA and consumer action
• Clearview faces scrutiny and fines
• When a fine is simply too high
• US-EU reach data framework
  

LEGISLATION

• California’s draft regulations
• Mongolia’s data privacy law

MANAGEMENT

• Codes of Conduct

NEWS IN BRIEF

• Thailand begins enforcement
• Hong Kong makes doxxing arrest
• China fines Didi $1.2 billion
• Report on GDPR enforcement
• Luxembourg: Certification scheme
• Italy bans Google Analytics
• European Parliament adopts digital acts
• EDPS issues Annual Report
• Austrian cookie guidance
• Dutch DPA issues €3.7 million fine
• EU warns Slovenia over GDPR
• EDPB: Guidelines on certification for international data transfers
• EU DPAs statement on Russia
• UK Bill introduced in Parliament