
Australian Privacy Foundation
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Protecting the privacy rights of all Australians for over 30 years
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http://www.privacy.org.au 23-04-2013 10:06:48
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Zero privacy training at Victoria Police for over a year | Brandon How Victoria Police Sven Bluemmel OVIC Australian Privacy Foundation #police #auspolice #vicpolice #breach #privacy buff.ly/3QDfEPS


for those who weren't paying attention, EFA is @ aus.social, Digital Rights Watch, Australian Privacy Foundation and Future Wise - amongst others did indeed predict exactly this.

A little-known provision of the Privacy Act makes it illegal for many companies in Australia to buy or exchange consumers’ personal data for profiling or targeting purposes. It’s almost never enforced. Dr Katharine Kemp argues Office of the Australian Information Commissioner should take action. privacy.org.au/2022/09/21/thi…


The situation around Optus’ data breach (don’t call it a “hack”, the API was open to the internet) just goes to show why #privacy is a #natsec issue. The solution isn’t more data sharing. We need stronger privacy protections, with real teeth for gross failures like this. #auspol

This is the link to my longer ABC Radio interview about data enrichment tinyurl.com/mwypnkjw (from 8:20 to 22:00) or shorter one tinyurl.com/4bcr8usz w/ 6PR Perth Radio - or one from ABC TV on Optus last week tinyurl.com/bdf2jhvw @grahamgreenleaf Australian Privacy Foundation UNSW Law & Justice



Interview w/ A Current Affair last week is up for a couple of days- re data collectn attitudes post-Optus & data collectn from 3rd parties @ lnkd.in/gGpRDsGe if you have 9Now It's has been edited down, so some non sequiturs Australian Privacy Foundation @grahamgreenleaf UNSW Law & Justice Chandni Gupta


My article "'A rose by any other unique identifier': Regulating consumer data tracking & anonymisation claims" is here lnkd.in/grsAwscu on SSRN now, published by CPI TechReg Chronicle @grahamgreenleaf Australian Privacy Foundation UNSW Law & Justice UNSW Allens Hub for technology, law and innovation Gerard Brody frankpasquale.bsky.social or [email protected]




A #VicVotes related issue that hasn't made it into media coverage or political debates: juanita fernando from Australian Privacy Foundation discusses Labor's concerning plans to share every Victorian's health data in a centralised database with no way for individuals to opt-out rrr.org.au/explore/podcas…



The 1st episode of #TechMirror for 2023, Anna Johnston fm Anna Johnston takes on the notion that privacy is dead. Along w David Vaile, Chair of Australian Privacy Foundation & Sunita Bose fm DIGI, Johanna Weaver dive into the Privacy Act Review. 📢 Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tec…


New report out from APF Board Member @DrMoniqueMann & Ian Warren Deakin Criminology, for Surfrider Foundation Surf Coast Branch on #Surfveillance & the unregulated Swellnet SurfCam overlooking the iconic Bells Beach Surfing Recreational Reserve #privacy privacy.org.au/wp-content/upl…

Remove The Winki Pop Surf Cam – Respect Bells Beach - Sign the Petition! chng.it/rXcZCf6Y You can read more about this issue in the recent #Surfveillance report from APF's @DrMoniqueMann & Ian Warren Deakin Criminology for Surfrider Foundation privacy.org.au/wp-content/upl…