[Year 12 IT Apps] Changes to Privacy Legislation (ATKINSON-BUCK, Damien)

Mon May 9 08:13:30 EST 2011

It also raises the messy question of how Australia's privacy act could be
applied to a Japanese company with its servers spread across the globe.

On 6 May 2011 13:10, Jackson Bates <bates.j at wcc.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> Thanks for the article, Damien.
>
> The kids are talking about this breach a lot in class at the moment, so
> it's a nice way a shifting the focus from "I can't play my games online" to
> something a bit more relevant to their VCE.
>
> Best regards,
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> Jackson Bates
> IT Applications | VCE English
> Waverley Christian College
> Coordinator of Learning Technologies
> (Jo's better half)
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> Hi folks,
>                Interesting article on how the Sony attacks may prompt
> changes in our laws
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/05/sonyhack_privacyact/
>
> The Australian government may consider expediting significant reforms to
> the Privacy Act as a result of the Sony data breaches.
> The Australian Privacy Commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim has already opened an
> investigation into the Sony Playstation Network security breach where 77
> million users of the network have had their personal data compromised.
> Pilgrim issued an additional statement<
> http://www.oaic.gov.au/news/statements/statement_investigation_into_Sony_data_breach.html>
> [1] in response to the subsequent news this week relating to a breach
> relating to Sony Online Entertainment in which an additional 24.6 million
> users including 12,700 non-US customer credit or debit card numbers had been
> affected.
> In what is essentially a pro-forma response from the office, Pilgrim has
> "have asked SOE for information about this incident," and promised an "own
> motion investigation" of the attack (that is, an investigation launched
> without waiting for specific complaints to arrive at the office).
> "This latest incident is extremely worrying," said Pilgrim. "I am
> particularly concerned that it involves information stored on an out of date
> database.
> "It reinforces my view that organisations need to consider further limiting
> the amount of information they collect and store about people. They should
> also make sure that information is destroyed when it is no longer needed as
> is required under the Privacy Act," Pilgrim said.
> While the commissioner has asked what information was compromised and what
> network security was in place at the time of the breach, he has not asked
> Sony to explain what vulnerabilities were exploited, nor to detail what new
> security measures it might apply to defend against future attacks.
> There is currently no mandatory data breach notification obligation in
> Australia. The Australian Law Reform Commission recommended that
> consideration should also be given to the introduction of mandatory data
> breach notification laws.
> Pilgrim said that there are a number of significant reforms to the Privacy
> Act currently being considered by the government including increased powers
> for the Commissioner to impose penalties following an own motion
> investigation, such as enforceable undertakings and civil penalties for
> serious breaches of privacy. (r)
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> Damien Atkinson-Buck
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