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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Technology
Josh Taylor

Google says Australia’s online privacy law should target websites instead of search engines

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Google says search engines should not be singled out by Australia’s online privacy law. Photograph: Andre M Chang/ZUMA Wire/REX/Shutterstock

As Australia considers the “right to be forgotten”, Google’s chief privacy officer says the law should target websites that host information, instead of the search engines that make it easy to find.

Keith Enright’s visit to Australia coincides with a spotlight on digital privacy after massive data breaches at Latitude, Medibank and Optus. In their wake, the Albanese government announced a raft of proposed changes to the Privacy Act designed to bring the law into the digital age.

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