It Seems The Government Might Have Detached Itself From Its Citizens On What Can Reasonably Be Done With Their Personal Data.

This appeared last week:Consent removed from Australia's proposed data-sharing legislationThe National Data Commissioner won't be able to prevent data from being shared, rather they are tasked with capabilities to 'encourage' data custodians and accredited users to 'safely and respectfully share personal information'.By Asha Barbaschow | September 3, 2019 -- 02:06 GMT (12:06 AEST) | Topic: Security The Australian government has released a discussion paper on Australia's Data Sharing and Release Legislative Reforms, tweaking what it proposed last year by removing a fundamental element of privacy -- consent.The paper [PDF] proposes the Data Sharing and Release legislation not require consent for the sharing of personal information."Instead, we are placing the responsibility on Data Custodians and Accredited Users to safely and respectfully share personal information where reasonably required for a legitimate objective," it says.The paper says that following feedback, the government has... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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