Opting out of targeted ads, and a 'right to be forgotten': Government agrees to sweeping privacy reforms
www.abc.net.au
The government has agreed to proposals that would allow Australians to opt out of targeted advertising, require search engines to "de-index" certain information about them, and draw small businesses into Australia's privacy scheme.
  • @muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world
    10•2 years 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.

  • @Auzy@beehaw.org
    2•2 years ago

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