Govt response to Privacy Act review is in - not bad, but not good either

We've got a formal response from the government to the 2-year-long review of Austraila's Privacy Act. Out of the 116 recommendations, 38 are fully agreed to (i.e: the government will do it), 68 are "in-principle" (i.e: yeah we kind agree but need to check what our mates think) and 10 are "noted" (i.e: lol no we aren't doing that). Digital Rights Watch sent supporters an email summing the review up: "the overall vibe is positive and supportive of many of the improvements to the Privacy Act that we've been pushing for for years, including a statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy, junking the broken consent model, removal of the small business exemption, and improvement of the definition of 'personal information'. If implemented, this would be a significant improvement on our current laws, which are miles behind comparable jurisdictions. The bad news: Government has decided against providing individuals with a right to opt-out of targeted advertising. Amusingly—and unsurprisingly—they're also not keen on removing the exemption for political parties". Keep up the fight my privacy loving mates!