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

Auzy, 8 months ago

Thank god. What we also need is laws against junk mail. Real estate agents ignore the no junk mail signs entirely

possiblylinux127, 8 months ago

I wonder if this will apply to the auzzie glowies. They are the ones Austrians should be worried about

Blizzard, 9 months ago

The title is misleading, the law will not let you to “opt out of advertising” completely but from using your private data for targeted advertising. So it’s a progress on better privacy but the best solution still seems to be using uBlock Origin with proper subscriptions to just block all the ads and tracking scripts.

tavu, 8 months ago

I agree. It’s just the title ABC News had on its article.

muntedcrocodile, 9 months ago

Hopefully by “require an entity to delete or de-identify their personal information.” They mean we get to choose and not the people supposedly doing the deleting. Cos otherwise they will “de-identify” and we all know that means piss all in reality.