In late 2024, the federal government gave Australia’s privacy laws their biggest overhaul in decades, largely as a result of the need to update them in the age of digitalisation of the workplace. If ...

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Data retention obligations imposed on businesses should be scaled back and replaced with the federal government's digital ...

Stephen Irving, an Australian expat now living in Thailand, claimed he moved overseas because of our “unfair” consent laws, which he labels “dangerous” for men. “I haven’t been in the ...

Australia is continuing its push to beef up online privacy and safety laws with a strategy focused on biometrics and digital ID.

The amendments bolster privacy protections ... “Naturally, we respect the laws decided by the Australian Parliament," Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms said. “However, we are ...