Firstly the $1.7M is the cap so scare-mongering doesn't help unless you include facts that
- evidence based - Where a direct or ancillary contravention of a civil penalty provision has occurred, the Commissioner will be able to apply to the Federal Court or the Federal Magistrates Court for a civil penalty order. - credit history - provisions are mainly concerned with credit reporting, but a serious or repeated interference with the privacy of individuals (ie. a breach of an APP or a registered APP Code binding on the entity) will now carry civil penalty provisions. - powers - conciliation of complaints to Privacy commissioner (direct marketing) and increase in the Commissioner's regulatory and enforcement powers and options. The Bill also removes some of the existing pre-conditions to the Commissioner's exercise of powers So any evasion by relocating your datacentre overseas appears moot as it triggers when the info crosses over Australia Exclusive Economic Zone ... so unless you plan on never contacting anyone in Australia, relocating to another data jurisdiction is just adding latency. I'd point out that the revised EU Data Protection Directive is more onerous ... I've heard of some open-source groups having to scrub addresses of internal email messages to comply. Personally I believe control of personal information should devolve onto individuals who if they allow outsiders to use it, should be treated as a constructive trust but the arrival of Little Brother (see http://knowledgerights.org/group/ownership/forum/topics/us-starting-to-recognise-the ) means that in exchange for vanity trinkets like messageWalls, you irrevocably give away your lifetime interest graph/purchasing history, there's nothing one can do whilst watching the corporate towns springing up. Privacy is like virginity ... once gone, can never return. Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Saturday, May 4, 2013 11:38:45 PM UTC+12, Paul Lupson wrote: > > > http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/threat-of-17m-privacy-fines-serious-20130503-2iwup.html > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
