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Australia's consumer watchdog has handed down 23 proposed changes in a new report into the behaviour of the world's biggest tech giants. If adopted, tech giants will be required to take the collection and use of user data more seriously. The recommendations include creating an independent ombudsman, a new specialist arm named the "ACCC digital platforms branch" for proactively investigating anti-competitive conduct, upgrading the Privacy Act, improve handling of fake news, and allow users to select their default search engine and browser on Android. The intent is to bring Australia in line with the protections the US and Europe have for user privacy.
Maybe they will finally make it law that users get root access to their devices by default.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 28 2019, @12:13PM (3 children)
GDPR May have some teeth, but when was the last time a US company was penalized adequately enough to encourage or prevent future data abuses or breaches?
FB's fine of $5B is just a cost of doing business, and Equifax's $700M settlement values users' data less than what the company sells it for. Neither of these companies will be deterred from future abuses, deceit or negligence by these expenses.
So Australia claiming their goal is to bring their laws in line with the US is not compelling at all.
(Score: 2) by Chocolate on Sunday July 28 2019, @12:31PM (1 child)
https://www.cnet.com/news/gdpr-google-and-facebook-face-up-to-9-3-billion-in-fines-on-first-day-of-new-privacy-law/ [cnet.com]
It's a start?
Bit-choco-coin anyone?
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 28 2019, @02:19PM
Yes, it's a start for GDPR. But the EU has always been pro consumer and pro privacy when compared to the US. The US is anti privacy, pro corporation and pro law enforcement (at the expense of Constitutional rights).
(Score: 2) by driverless on Monday July 29 2019, @03:28AM
It's a marketing thing, not to be taken literally. Saying "we're bringing our country into line with the rest of the world" both explains and sells new policy well. What Aus is doing has neither the teeth of the GDPR, nor the slap-on-the-wrist who-cares of the US, so it should be interpreted as saying "we're trying to improve things for consumers, like other parts of the world have done", rather than being taken literally.