Graham Greenleaf

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A proposed online privacy code would give consumers more control over how tech companies collect and use their data.

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UNSW Law Professor Graham Greenleaf discusses questions of transparency and privacy posed by the federal government's new COVIDSafe app.

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Australian governments need to demonstrate that any proposed contact tracing app is necessary, proportionate and voluntary with appropriate legal guarantees, says UNSW professor of law and information systems.

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The Privacy Commissioner's expanded powers to enforce the Act, including penalties for serious breaches, will be of limited value unless their use is transparent and visible, writes Graham Greenleaf.