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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Paul Karp and Josh Taylor

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Attorney general flags urgent privacy law changes after optus data breach - The Untold Story

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Following the Optus data breach, the federal government has flagged a review into Australia’s privacy laws with a focus on ‘urgent reforms’. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Companies could have the right to retain customers’ data stripped back by an ambitious suite of privacy reforms proposed by the Albanese government.

The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, revealed on Thursday that in addition to completing a review of Australia’s privacy laws, the Albanese government will look to legislate “even more urgent reforms” later this year or in early 2023.

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