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Australia@aussie.zone · 1 year ago

[Australia] Government to overhaul privacy laws, including opting out of advertising, a right to be forgotten, and new rules for small businesses

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[Australia] Government to overhaul privacy laws, including opting out of advertising, a right to be forgotten, and new rules for small businesses

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Australia@aussie.zone · 1 year ago

cross-posted to:
privacy@lemmy.ml

Opting out of targeted ads, and a 'right to be forgotten': Government agrees to sweeping privacy reforms

The government has agreed to proposals that would allow Australians to opt out of targeted advertising, require search engines to "de-index" certain information about them, and draw small businesses into Australia's privacy scheme.

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..

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I think everyone would be surprised how many people would opt in.

I installed a pihole and not being able to click on ads for 12 hours is the closest my wife has been to divorcing me.
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  Say what ?
  
  Do you know what sort of ads she clicks on most often?

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