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The following news feed provides an overview of the current activities and news from APPA members.
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- The Global Privacy Assembly is extending invitations to applicants for the GPA Reference Panel.
Established in 1979, the GPA is an international forum of data protection and privacy authorities, which seeks to provide leadership at the international level by connecting the efforts of more than 130 data protection and privacy authorities from across the globe. If you wish to know more about the GPA’s current priorities, please visit the GPA website.
The GPA Reference Panel is a contact group of external stakeholders, comprising representatives of relevant civil society organizations; academic institutions; think tanks; non-privacy supervisory authorities; representatives of public authorities, such as law enforcement authorities; representatives of public authorities, such as law enforcement authorities; and representatives of the private sector.
The application window will commence from 22 January 2021 until 12:00 noon GMT, 19 February 2021. The call will run for four weeks. All relevant information can be found on the GPA website from 22 January 2021.
- Principles for nationally consistent approaches to accessing Stolen Generations records – Joint statement by Australian Information Access Commissioners and Privacy Authorities
- Letter to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics on their Study of the Use and Impact of Facial Recognition Technology
- Privacy guardians sign collaboration agreement
- Commissioner’s statement for Privacy Awareness Week 2022: Privacy is the foundation of trust
- Privacy regulators call for legal framework limiting police use of facial recognition technology
- Recommended legal framework for police agencies’ use of facial recognition
- Appearance before the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) on their Study of the Use and Impact of Facial Recognition Technology
- Privacy in focus as the foundation of trust this Privacy Awareness Week
- Privacy: The foundation of trust – Joint statement by Privacy Authorities Australia
- Speech to the Select Standing Committee on Finance & Government Services
- Speech to the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
- OAIC welcomes additional Budget funding
- FOI Commissioner appointed to OAIC
- Letter to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics on their Study of the Collection and Use of Mobility Data by the Government of Canada
- Appearance before the Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) on their Study of the Collection and Use of Mobility Data by the Government of Canada