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Less than half of Australians confident of website privacy

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By Steven Raeburn, N/A

June 24, 2013 | 2 min read

The fourth report on privacy and personal data from the Australian Communications and Media Authority has concluded that less than 40 per cent of Australians are confident that website privacy settings protect their digital information.

Chris Chapman of the ACMA

ACMA Chairman Chris Chapman said privacy issues were “an enduring concept” in the media and communications environment in the wake of the NSA data trawling revelations.

“As several recent events have demonstrated, citizens remain highly sensitive to intrusions on their privacy and the mishandling of their personal data – perhaps more so,” he said.’

“Personal information has been referred to as the new oil or currency of the information economy with citizens undertaking an increasing range of social and economic activities online.

“Not all of this data is protected by existing privacy safeguards, most of which were developed for a pre-information economy.

"Effective protection of personal data in the digital economy is likely to require a mix of regulatory and non-regulatory measures that are tailored to the specific contexts in which privacy concerns arise. However, Australian citizens and industry would benefit from a coherent regulatory framework which facilitates logical and predictable privacy outcomes.”

The ACMA is hosting a Citizen conversation today (Tuesday) as part of its Contemporary community safeguards inquiry.

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