Privacy is protected in Australia, and internationally, with a range of laws.
The core privacy principles and rights they set out hold true both for the technology of yesterday, and the technology of tomorrow.
Developments in technology, including artificial intelligence, facial recognition technology and the study and sharing of genetic data, as well as the use of analytics, social media, and our ever-present devices, all require us to more actively think about our privacy and how our personal information is protected.
But regardless of the product, the same fundamental privacy principles apply when your personal information is involved.
The Australian Government has committed to strengthening the Australian privacy framework with updates to the Privacy Act.
Now is the ideal time for organisations and government agencies to ‘power up’ their existing privacy practices and culture in advance of privacy law reform.
With cyber attacks and data breaches firmly a part of today’s risk landscape, it’s also the perfect time to find out more about your privacy rights under the Privacy Act.
Privacy is protected in Australia, and internationally, with a range of laws.
The core privacy principles and rights they set out hold true both for the technology of yesterday, and the technology of tomorrow.
Even though Privacy Awareness Week (PAW) has passed, we need to be vigilant about privacy and the importance of protecting personal information, with a call for people, businesses and other organisations, as well as government agencies, to ‘power up your privacy’.
PAW was run in conjunction with state and territory privacy regulators and the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities forum.