Australian lawyers question limits on right to erasure in privacy reforms
By Saloni Sinha ( October 16, 2026, 05:40 GMT | Insight) -- The Law Council of Australia has questioned the proposal to limit the right to erasure under proposed privacy reforms to large digital platforms, arguing that other organizations also hold substantial amounts of personal data and pose privacy risks. In a submission on the government’s second tranche of draft changes to the 1988 Privacy Law, the association said there was no clear practical or principled reason to limit the protection to large digital platforms and organizations designated under the regulations.Australia’s Law Council has questioned the proposal to limit the right to erasure under proposed privacy reforms to large digital platforms, arguing that other organizations also hold substantial amounts of personal data and pose privacy risks....
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