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Surveillance, biometric tracking among Australian privacy watchdog's priorities

By Saloni Sinha and James Panichi ( July 29, 2025, 07:23 GMT | Insight) -- Location-data tracking in apps, cars and other devices, as well as biometric scanning including facial recognition technology, will continue to be targeted by the Australian privacy regulator in the 2025-2026 financial year. In its latest regulatory action priorities published today, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner said it would “protect and uphold privacy” rights when dealing with emerging technologies with high impact.New surveillance technologies such as location-data tracking and biometric scanning will continue to be targeted by the Australian privacy regulator in the 2025-2026 financial year....

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