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Technology is changing…

• Then: We wrote letters. Now: We send messages via social media.
• Then: Business was done in person and in print. Now: Business is done online using our personal information.
• Then: We stored information on a bookshelf. Now: We store information in the cloud.

… so are the privacy risks

• 166,801 privacy complaints in Korea in 2011–12
• 68% of 2012 internet privacy complaints were about social media and smartphone applications in Hong Kong
• 30% increase in privacy investigations each year from 2007–12 in Macau
• 78% of Australians have refused to provide personal information online
  • NT: 100% increase in time spent providing privacy advice from 2007–12
  • QLD: 86% of people think privacy is important when using or installing mobile apps
  • NSW: 300% increase in privacy enquiries from 2007–12
  • VIC: 33% of complaints in 2011–12 were about data security
• 92% of Canadians say companies should ask permission to track them online
• 88% increase in public education and outreach in British Columbia in 2011–12
• $33.85M assessed in US for privacy violations in 2011–12
• 65% of school children in Mexico learn about online privacy at school
• 88% of New Zealanders say to punish business that misuse personal information

What are you doing to protect your privacy?

www.privacyawarenessweek.org

APPA (Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities)