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The final report outlining the amendments to Australia’s Privacy Act will be released on August 11, possbily ending almost two years of speculation surrounding the inclusion of Australia’s inaugural mandatory data breach disclosure laws. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week signed legislation into law that will pose harsher penalties for hospital workers who pry into sensitive patient data. People just don’t think that putting family genealogy, exposes them and their families to spying by ID fraudsters and for that matter anyone else (stalkers, paedophiles, employers, parents). Iowa joins states that require encryption and notification of customers should information be compromised. Karen Curtis, the Australian Privacy Commissioner has renewed calls for mandatory data breach laws in Australia in a 786-page submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC). Information security experts have given their overall thumbs-up to the ALRC’s mandatory data breach disclosure recommendations, but admit the course of action needs fine-tuning.
New privacy laws have spread across the US and could be enforced in Australia Privacy commissioner Karen Curtis has urged businesses to consider the privacy of consumers when collecting personal information under the Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (AML/CTF), amendments which came into effect yesterday. The UK's data watchdog has joined calls for a US-style data loss reporting law. The State Senate in California has passed measures that require more extensive notification to consumers of data breaches, establish a central reporting center for breaches, and permit local prosecution of identity theft in the nation's most populous state. The section of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) that deals with the release of software encryption keys could come into force soon, according to the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith. Two high street giants, Orange and Littlewoods, have been found in breach of the Data Protection Act following the negligent management of sensitive customer information. The introduction of mandatory data breach disclosure laws in Australia has been set in motion. New Symantec research finds that half of UK consumers want stronger legislation The laws on illegal downloading are due for a much-needed update, so make sure your voice is heard. A security expert is warning privacy officers to expect inevitable changes to their role during the next 18-24 months, when the federal Privacy Act reforms pass. The Web is a pretty nasty place, according to reverse engineer and privacy advocate Mike Perry -- and he should know. Symantec has found that nearly 80 percent of businesses surveyed in Australia have had some form of data breach. A court in Alaska has ruled that Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin must hand over emails sent via a private webmail account. The economic downturn could give the software as a service (SaaS) model an edge over traditional security software provision, Webroot believes.