A spotlight on Australia Privacy Reform

The proposed reforms to Australia's Privacy Act will have significant implications for organisations operating in Australia, including removing the small business exemption, bringing more entities under the Privacy Act's scope, introducing a "fair and reasonable" test for data handling practices, shifting the burden to organisations, expanding the definition of "personal information" to include identifiable data like IP addresses, granting individuals new rights like data erasure and deindexing of online information, and increasing penalties and enforcement powers for the privacy regulator.

Organisations should start preparing now for these sweeping changes to Australia's privacy landscape.

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