New restrictions on disclosing personal information
overseas.
Amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 have taken effect
today with scary new powers for the Privacy Commissioner and
greater obligations on businesses being just a couple of the
features of the revamped privacy regime. Among the changes is an
obligation that privacy policies include a statement as to whether
or not a business is likely to disclose personal information to
overseas entities, and if so, the countries in which those entities
are located. Enter Coles' privacy policy.
Coles' updated privacy policy contains the following
clause:
The third parties to whom we disclose personal
information may be located in Australia and other countries
including Argentina, China, Canada, Hungary, India, Israel,
Ireland, Italy, Japan, Hong Kong, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Spain, South Africa,
South Korea, UAE, United Kingdom and United States of
America.
