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> If Australia makes it illegal to re-identify information, what about information that has been re-identified outside Australia then distributed into Australia
by shakna 7y ago
> If Australia makes it illegal to re-identify information, what about information that has been re-identified outside Australia then distributed into Australia?
The letter sent to the university [0], claims that re-identifying information is actually illegal, according to the department's understanding. (Nevermind that they also admit that particular law is completely irrelevant to the work of the researcher).
[0] https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/correspondence_on_re_identificat#incoming-16930 https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/correspondence_on_re_...
- tastroder 7y agoFascinating read, thank you. Another kicker in there seems to be bottom of page 2, start of page 3. They basically assert that now that the data has been taken down no harm can be done anymore and to top it off, suggest that presenting the findings a GovData conference because there subsequently is "no public interest" anymore.