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Well, a fine day to you all, here we are again with the latest updates from around the region.

This week, we uncensor the census, with three pieces dissecting and hindsighting the unfortunate 2016 ABS debacle. We also look at the economics of data breach reporting, thanks to ZDNet.    

Amid a raft of other compelling pieces, I found two bulletins from China particularly interesting. At one level, we digest a PwC report of how the threat landscape facing Chinese businesses is becoming fiercer, but perhaps being underestimated locally.

At another level entirely, we note the official emergence of State-based social “rating” systems across China which use data collected from a range of sources to score individual worth, and allocate priority for access to services accordingly.

Rating and scoring systems are familiar features of services like Uber, Airbnb and even good old eBay. Western business is slowly being brought to account for misuse of rating systems, demonstrating what we all know — that if you want a good rating, get a mate to write one for you. But how will you hold the State to account when it grades your priority in the queue of life based on ‘E-putation’?

Continuing on this theme for one more moment, if you’ll indulge me, please, please take a look at episode one, series three, of "Black Mirror." In that episode, “Nosedive,” we witness a dystopic take on ratings spinning wildly out of control. It is for privacy professionals what “The Big Short” was for bankers. You won’t regret it. iTunes and Netflix offer it, and no, neither of them line this editor’s pockets.

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