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American Express, Google face Australian privacy watchdog probes, documents show

By Ryan Cropp and James Panichi ( January 17, 2024, 00:37 GMT | Insight) -- Companies including American Express, Google and the local operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores are under investigation by Australia’s privacy watchdog, documents reviewed by MLex reveal. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner documents outline the number of privacy-law probes now underway in the country as well as the dates the investigations were launched — with some of them dating back to 2020. The list amounts to a rare insight into an agency that usually keeps its probes out of the public eye.American Express, Google and the local operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores are among a long list of companies under investigation by Australia’s privacy watchdog, documents reviewed by MLex reveal....

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