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Metadata: Australia’s privacy commissioner cannot monitor all those with access

Posted on October 26, 2014 by pogowasright.org

Paul Farrell reports:

Australia’s privacy commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, does not have jurisdiction to monitor all local and state agencies who access Australians’ personal phone and web data under commonwealth laws.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner released its annual report last week, which detailed record numbers of data breach complaints against government agencies and private companies.

Read more on The Guardian

 

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