The Office Of The Australian Information Commissioner Has Had A Busy Week Or Two.

For a quick review of what they do – here is the homepage link: https://www.oaic.gov.au/ In terms of what is going on we had 2 interesting reports. First this: Privacy Act review to examine privacy tort, direct action rights, and GDPR compliance The Attorney-General's Department will look at carve-outs, harmonisation with states an d other nations, and a right to erase for Australians. By Chris Duckett | October 30, 2020 -- 06:19 GMT (17:19 AEDT) | Topic: Security Australia's Attorney-General Christian Porter announced on Friday the terms of referenceand issues paper that his department will use as a basis for its review of th e Privacy Act. The wide-ranging review will consider the definition of personal information; whether existing exemptions for small businesses, political parties, and the storing of employee records to comply with the Act should remain; whether individuals should gain the power to drag privacy viola tors to court; and whether a privacy tort should be created. The... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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