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    The government plans to reform Australia's 20 year old privacy laws so they are better placed to deal with the Internet age, according to Senator John Faulkner, who highlighted issues such as social networking sites and online retailers.

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    Australian Privacy Commissioner, Karen Curtis, has reiterated her organisation's call for mandatory reporting of major data security breaches to the Australian Law Reform Commission as part of its review of Australian privacy laws.

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    The Australian Law Reform Commission yesterday released a report recommending Australia introduce data breach disclosure laws but Senator John Faulkner said that bridge would not be crossed by government at least for the next 18 months.

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    After a string of high level data loss incidents, Opposition MPs in the UK have condemned the government for failing to protect the personal information of tens of millions of Britons stored across numerous public services.

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    Privacy advocates fear that the long-awaited overhaul to Australia's 20 year old Privacy Act will die before it ever sees the light of day.

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