▲ 119 ▼ [Australia] Government to overhaul privacy laws, including opting out of advertising, a right to be forgotten, and new rules for small businesses (www.abc.net.au) submitted 2 years ago by tavu@sopuli.xyz to c/australia@aussie.zone 35 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/4017115 Related material, not all as optimistic as the ABC news article: Video interview with Dr Katharine Kemp. Government response to the Privacy Act Review Report. Govt kicks Privacy Act can down the road - Only commits to a handful of review recommendations..
[–] yoz@aussie.zone 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Lol Australia is one of the five eyes countries who spy on their own citizens. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OnlyAwfulNamesLeft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Very important legal distinction here: we have laws about spying on our own citizens, so we let our allies do it for us, while we openly spy on our allies citizens, and then share that information back with each other. Totally different bro! /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yoz@aussie.zone 1 point 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OnlyAwfulNamesLeft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Very important legal distinction here: we have laws about spying on our own citizens, so we let our allies do it for us, while we openly spy on our allies citizens, and then share that information back with each other. Totally different bro! /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yoz@aussie.zone 1 point 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent