Data Governance Australia - They Might Be Way More Invasive And Privacy Destructive Than It Seems

Recently there has been a new report released on the use of all sorts of personal data captured during ordinary daily life.The main players seem to be big business and they seem to want to make our life easier through mega-data capture everywhere – with some controls in place in the form of a voluntary code of conduct.You can read all about the plans here:DGA chair pushes back against ‘joint ownership’ model for dataFormer ACCC chair pushes for industry self-regulation of data handlingRohan Pearce (Computerworld) 12 July, 2017 15:01 Th e chair of Data Governance Australia, Graeme Samuel, has argued against a Productivity Commission recommendation that would see consumers given greater control over data about them held by businesses.The former chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today used an address at the National Press Club to argue that any move to take too much control of data away from businesses would stifle innovation.The Productivity Commission’s final... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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