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    The Federal Privacy Commissioner has described identity fraud as a "gross invasion of privacy" and supported government efforts to fight it, while warning strong protections must accompany any proposal from the start.

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    The Australian government yesterday launched a new "tamper-resistant" passport, but has stopped short of including new biometric technologies required for the nation's continued participation in the United States visa waiver program beyond late 2004.

  • AU government's eyes are on you

    The federal government has announced plans to link individual databases in different departments together to create an uber-database containing personal information that will be available to official agencies.

  • Access Card re-draft fails to meet critics' concerns

    The Australian Democrats, the Australian Labor Party and privacy groups continue to hold serious concerns regarding the federal government's proposed Access Card, after a re-draft of the legislation was released on Thursday last week.

  • Identity fraud costs Australia AU$1 billion a year

    Identity fraud cost the Australian community AU$1.1 billion in 2001/02, according to a report released by a senior Minister, who also acknowledged the rapid subsequent growth of the problem.

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