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political reporter Nicole Hegarty

Small businesses could be forced to protect customers' personal information, under government changes to Privacy Act

Small businesses are currently exempt from privacy protection requirements.  (ABC News: Jack Fisher)

Small businesses with an annual turnover of $3 million or less — which are currently not required to protect your personal information or disclose how it is used — may soon have to comply with the Privacy Act.

A wideranging review of the Privacy Act by the Attorney-General's Department has laid out the case for scrapping the 20-year-old exemption, which was introduced prior to businesses' take-up of online platforms.

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