Australian automated-vehicle safety law must include uniform privacy rules, regulator says
By Laurel Henning ( January 8, 2021, 01:51 GMT | Insight) -- Automated vehicles in Australia must be governed by a safety law that protects personal information including vehicle location, by ensuring those details are covered by national privacy law, the country’s privacy regulator said. In a written submission on a planned safety law to govern automated vehicles, Australia’s top privacy official said new legislation would need small businesses and state regulators to opt-in to national privacy requirements to prove effective. Automated vehicles in Australia must be governed by a safety law that protects personal information including vehicle location, by ensuring those details are covered by national privacy law, the country’s privacy regulator said....
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