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Cash-strapped Australian privacy watchdog pleads for help from other regulators

By Saloni Sinha ( November 14, 2024, 05:57 GMT | Insight) -- A lack of storage arrangements for documents obtained through investigations is hampering the Australian privacy watchdog’s ability to carry out enforcement, with a recent email exchange uncovered by MLex revealing that the regulator has resorted to asking other agencies for help. The emails, obtained under Australia’s freedom of information laws, reveal that the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner asked the well-resourced competition regulator for help to store large datasets obtained during investigations, but was turned down.  A lack of storage arrangements for documents obtained through investigations is hampering the Australian privacy watchdog’s ability to carry out enforcement, with a recent email exchange uncovered by MLex revealing that the regulator has resorted to asking other agencies for help....

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