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

Mon May 9 09:20:05 EST 2011

Sate and national privacy laws begin to struggle .. not entirely unexpected
when we consider the creaks and groans from other bits of legislation as
these "legally disruptive" technologies go mainstream and trans-national.
Often, it is the law that has to play catchup and users that need to read
their licence agreements. I recall something about a famous Melbourne
defamation case that looked at where the information was hosted as compared
to where it was viewed (and briefly, where it travelled via from source to
destination). It isn't as easy as it all looks.

In addition, I discovered that those particular services that fell over
during the Amazon cloud outage selected the cheapest storage option, not the
premium service option designed for more critical web services and are
mirrored across different continents. It all comes down to money. As one
user noted, although you may host your information externally in a cloud, a
solid backup strategy means that you plan to have a local and an off-site
backup.

Regards Roland

On 9 May 2011 08:13, Mark KELLY <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> 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,
>>
>> Jackson Bates
>> IT Applications | VCE English
>> Waverley Christian College
>> Coordinator of Learning Technologies
>> (Jo's better half)
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>> From: "ATKINSON-BUCK, Damien" <Damien.ATKINSON-BUCK at ivanhoe.com.au>
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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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