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[Australia] Government to overhaul privacy laws, including opting out of advertising, a right to be forgotten, and new rules for small businesses (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 1 year ago by tavu@sopuli.xyz to c/australia@aussie.zone

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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/4017115

Related material, not all as optimistic as the ABC news article:

Video interview with Dr Katharine Kemp.

Government response to the Privacy Act Review Report.

Govt kicks Privacy Act can down the road - Only commits to a handful of review recommendations..

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[–] Jas91a@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

About time, it should be seen as a liability to hold personal data you have no need for

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's already illegal. Australian Privacy Principle #3 states:

an organisation, may only collect this information where it is reasonably necessary for the organisation’s functions or activities

In other words, they can't collect it unless it is necessary to provide service they offer.

I have lived and breathed (and trained hundreds of people on) these privacy principles. Our privacy laws are already pretty good. Waaaaay better than the USA. But yeah, they're due for a bit of modernisation.

You can read the current privacy principles here.