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Australian privacy watchdog weighing use of enforcement tools, regulator says

By Saloni Sinha ( June 12, 2025, 07:08 GMT | Insight) -- While the privacy regulator in Australia has been equipped with new enforcement tools such as a tiered penalty regime, the watchdog is working out the best use of its resources in the “most proportionate way,” the top official said. In a webinar today, Australian Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind said that when the first tranche of changes to the 1988 Privacy Act was passed in November last year, it established an “authorizing environment” in which the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner could also be a more enforcement-focused regulator. While the privacy regulator in Australia has been equipped with new enforcement tools such as a tiered penalty regime, the watchdog is working out the best use of its resources in the “most proportionate way,” the top official said....

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