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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp

Australians able to opt out of targeted ads and erase their data under proposed privacy reforms

Australian attorney general Mark Dreyfus and prime minister Anthony Albanese speak to the media
Attorney general Mark Dreyfus and prime minister Anthony Albanese. Australians would be able to sue for serious privacy breaches under proposed changes. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Australians would gain greater control of their personal information, including the ability to opt out of targeted ads, erase their data and sue for serious breaches of privacy, under a proposal to the Albanese government.

On Thursday the attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, will release a review conducted by his department into modernisation of the Privacy Act which calls to expand its remit to small businesses and add new safeguards for use of data by political parties.

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