In an article for The Privacy Advisor, Amber Welch, CIPP/E, reports on Australia’s recently passed Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 and its impact on privacy worldwide. Highlighting the law’s requirements for Australian companies to build backdoors to encrypted data and communications at the request of the government, Welch notes, “European and multinational organizations would be wise to at least identify vendors headquartered or operating in Australia and watch for any further news about the effects of this law.”
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