Optus cyber-attack: company opposed changes to privacy laws to give customers more rights over their data
by Josh Taylor from Technology | The Guardian on (#6400Y)
In its submission to Privacy Act review telco said giving people right to erase personal data would involve significant' hurdles and costs
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Optus has repeatedly opposed a proposed change to privacy laws that would give customers the right to request their data be destroyed, with the telco arguing there were significant hurdles" to implementing such a system and it would come at significant cost".
On Thursday, the company revealed it had suffered a massive cyber-attack in which the personal information of customers was stolen, including names, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, addresses, and passport and driver's licence numbers.
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