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Small-business privacy-law exemption will be scrapped, key official tells Australian lawmakers

By James Panichi ( May 30, 2024, 06:39 GMT | Insight) -- Australia’s small-business exemption that excludes 95 percent of companies from the scope of the privacy law is likely to be scrapped, a senior official has said. Australian Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind has told a parliamentary hearing that the removal of the small-business exemption as part of the 1988 Privacy Act overhaul was “anticipated to ensure an uplift in protections for Australians.” The government has yet to announce whether it intends to scrap the exemption, which is seen as an impediment to future data-exchange arrangements with the European Union.A controversial small-business exemption that excludes 95 percent of companies from the scope of Australia’s privacy law is likely to be scrapped as part of the planned revamp of the 1988 Privacy Act, a senior official has told lawmakers....

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