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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.

  • Federal Privacy Commissioner spooked by UK data bungles

    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.

  • New laws bring small business into spying business

    The requirements of the Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Financing Act came into effect today after continual calls from privacy advocates to scrap the controversial legislation.

  • 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.

  • E-government Minister backs privacy law review

    The federal minister responsible for e-government strategy and procurement has thrown his weight behind a proposed review of the nation's privacy laws to determine whether changes are needed to accommodate new technologies.

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