On 12 December 2019, the Australian Government announced its
response to the Australian Competition & Consumer
Commission's (ACCC) Digital Platform Inquiry.
Despite the Inquiry's name, only 1 of the 11 recommendations in
the report about data practices is targeted at digital
platforms.
While we discuss the broader issues raised by the
Government's response to the
Inquiry here, this article focuses specifically on the impacts
for Australian privacy law. Those impacts include a set of proposed
initial reforms for 2020, along with a more expansive review of
privacy law to be completed in 2021.
Many of the proposed amendments would lead to greater alignment
with the European General Data Protection Regulation
(GDPR), however the ACCC does not recommend
wholesale adoption of GDPR and differences remain.
