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Australian Privacy Foundation wants ‘privacy tort’ to protect health data | ZDNet

by Steven Kirby | Sep 14, 2017 | Australia, Digital Rights, Legislation and Regulation, Medical and Health Care, Privacy, ZDNet | 0 |

The Australian Privacy Foundation wants the federal government to act swiftly in ensuring the health information of citizens is safe from suffering the same fate as Equifax clients. Source: Australian Privacy Foundation wants...

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