Second-tranche changes could impact children's privacy code, Australian official says

By Saloni Sinha and James Panichi ( May 13, 2025, 07:46 GMT | Insight) -- If the promised second “tranche” of changes to Australia’s 1988 Privacy Act were to go ahead, it could influence the shape of the children’s online privacy code that’s currently being drafted, a senior privacy official said. Speaking in an Office of the Australian Information Commissioner webinar today, Director of the Privacy Reform Implementation and Social Media Taskforce Kate Bower said the regulator was looking to ensure that the Children’s Online Privacy Code could withstand upcoming changes. If the promised second “tranche” of changes to Australia’s 1988 Privacy Act were to go ahead, it could influence the shape of the children’s online privacy code that’s currently being drafted, a senior privacy official has said....

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Second-tranche changes could impact children's privacy code, Australian official says

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