In an article for The Australian, Rachel Dixon, privacy and data protection deputy commissioner at the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner, commented on the country’s evolving perception of privacy and the legislative challenges associated with developing a privacy framework. Recent debates over the country’s electronic health records system and recent encryption legislation have sparked a much-needed conversation about privacy more broadly. “Not that many years ago there was (a view) that privacy is dead,” Dixon said. “That now sounds quite outdated. In some ways the conversation still does need to get more mature. But this has been a real watershed year for privacy issues making it to the mainstream.”
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