The Australian government is deeply inimical to the principle of your data being secure and single purpose (see: AABill, Data retention, Data use and access, Robodebt).

We have no statutory right to privacy, but they assure us that -this time- everything will be fine

Australians have very weak statutory privacy protection, but Minister Hunt tells us there& #39;s nothing to worry about, because people misusing our data is illegal.

Good thing that prevents all problems, right?

The WA CCC found a "startling" data breach that compromised the home addresses of all WA police just last week.

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-23/ccc-report-reveals-auditor-accessed-wa-police-officer-details/12176944

That">https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020... was against the privacy act.