Opting out of targeted ads, and a 'right to be forgotten': Government agrees to sweeping privacy reforms
www.abc.net.au
The government has agreed to proposals that would allow Australians to opt out of targeted advertising, require search engines to "de-index" certain information about them, and draw small businesses into Australia's privacy scheme.
  • Blizzard@lemmy.zipEnglish
    27·
    2 years ago

    The title is misleading, the law will not let you to “opt out of advertising” completely but from using your private data for targeted advertising. So it’s a progress on better privacy but the best solution still seems to be using uBlock Origin with proper subscriptions to just block all the ads and tracking scripts.

  • muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world
    11·
    2 years ago

    Hopefully by “require an entity to delete or de-identify their personal information.” They mean we get to choose and not the people supposedly doing the deleting. Cos otherwise they will “de-identify” and we all know that means piss all in reality.

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I wonder if this will apply to the auzzie glowies. They are the ones Austrians should be worried about