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Australia to double penalty for social media ban breaches to $99m as tech giants accused of ‘not doing enough’ (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

GDPR and Australia’s Privacy Act are enforced. Companies are restricted from data collection by those laws.

Yes...that is...the whole point...

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    You're missing the nuance. GDPR laws prevent collection.

    This law requires collection, but only within a certain scope. However it's nearly impossible to tell whether that data was collected for the permitted scope, or if it's also being used in ways it shouldn't.

    GDPR requires less data collection, this law requires more.

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