Is There Something Worrying About The Fact That The Privacy Commissioner Bails Just As National Breach Legislation Commences And With Opt-Out In The Wings?

Last week we had the rather sad news that the Privacy Commissioner has handed in his baton.Last man standing: information and privacy commissioner Timothy Pilgrim to retireByStephen Easton • 20/02/2018 Timothy Pilgrim has announced his resignation from his dual-role as privacy and information commissioner, effective March 24.Pilgrim started as the privacy commissioner in 2010, when the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner was a much better resourced body with a separa te commissioner for FOI and an overarching information commissioner in John McMillan, who left in 2015, when the Abbott government intended to abolish the agency.Soon Pilgrim was the only one of the three left, and was a steady hand during that period of uncertainty, explaining clearly what was goin g on even though it was not clear how long the OAIC would last.The government accepted the Senate would not agree to abolish it so instead it drastically downsized its unwanted statutory body and Pilgrim has run... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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