Research work could be criminalised under George Brandis data changes
by Paul Farrell from Technology | The Guardian on (#1WBZS)
Attorney general says he will amend the Privacy Act to ensure data published in anonymised formats cannot be reidentified
George Brandis will move to make it a criminal offence to publish or disseminate "reidentified" government datasets, in a move that digital rights groups say could criminalise important research and security work.
The attorney general announced on Thursday that he would amend the Privacy Act to make it an offence to reidentify government data that had been published in anonymised formats.
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