In a series of IT News blogs, Brett Winterford explores “the improbability of Privacy Act compliance,” noting that as the 12 March deadline looms, “Australia’s new Privacy Act will come into effect during a period of tremendous turbulence in the technology sector, owing to a surge in subscriptions to cloud computing services.” Winterford advises organisations that use or plan to use “public cloud computing services that are hosted offshore … consider Australia’s amended Privacy Act in detail.” Winterford also details the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s “two ‘get out of gaol’ cards”—commensurate contract and consent—that “corporate Australia will make use of.”
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