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Industry funding model firms for privacy watchdog

The federal government should explore industry funding models for the country’s privacy watchdog to give it sufficient resourcing to carry out its growing responsibilities, according to the Privacy Act...

Digital rights, industry groups respond to privacy review

16 February 2023 | by Justin Hendry

Digital rights groups have broadly embraced reforms to Commonwealth privacy laws put forward after a two-year review but say the proposals could still be “watered down“ by lobbyists in...

‘Right to erasure’ among 116 proposed privacy review reforms

16 February 2023 | by Justin Hendry

A “right to erasure” that goes further than the European Union’s data regulations and the introduction of fair and reasonable information handling principles are among the reforms to Commonwealth...

Privacy Act Review complete after three years

20 December 2022 | by Brandon How

After three years, the Privacy Act Review commissioned under the Coalition government has been completed and the final report handed to Attorney General Mark Dreyfus. The Attorney General will...

Good privacy reform rests on well-resourced tech regulators

31 October 2022 | by Sarah O’Connor

Following the recent spate of data breaches, much of the public conversation has focused on the need for regulatory reform to protect Australians’ privacy and “incentivise better behaviour” from...

Offshore data collection to be subject to Privacy Act

26 October 2022 | by Brandon How

Foreign companies operating in Australia could soon be subject to the Privacy Act even if they do not collect or hold citizen data “directly from a source in Australia”...

Optus breach to bring forward 3 privacy law reforms: Dreyfus

12 October 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Privacy law reforms are being expedited in the wake of Australia’s largest data breach, with tougher penalties, data retention limits and anti-fraud measures expected to be revealed ahead of...

Govt urged to end privacy, spam exemptions for political parties

11 October 2022 | by Justin Hendry

Exemptions to privacy laws for political parties should be ditched in the wake of mass unsolicited spam texts and other attempts to spread misinformation during this year’s election campaign,...

New telco regulations to help prevent ID theft after Optus breach

6 October 2022 | by Justin Hendry

Telecommunications companies would be able to temporarily share identifiers with banks and government agencies in the wake of data breaches under new regulation proposed by the federal government to...

Review of Privacy Act will be with govt by end of year

22 July 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

The long running review of Australia’s privacy law will present a final report to government by the end of the year, as new Attorney General Mark Dreyfus seeks to...

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Industry funding model firms for privacy watchdog

Digital rights, industry groups respond to privacy review

‘Right to erasure’ among 116 proposed privacy review reforms

Privacy Act Review complete after three years

Good privacy reform rests on well-resourced tech regulators

Offshore data collection to be subject to Privacy Act

Optus breach to bring forward 3 privacy law reforms: Dreyfus

Govt urged to end privacy, spam exemptions for political parties

New telco regulations to help prevent ID theft after Optus breach

Review of Privacy Act will be with govt by end of year

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