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This weekly blog is to explore the news around the larger issues
around Digital Health, data security, data privacy, AI / ML. technology, social
media and related matters.
I will also try to highlight ADHA
Propaganda when I come upon it.
Just so we keep count, the latest Notes from the ADHA Board were dated
6 December, 2018 and we have seen none since! Its pretty sad!
Note: Appearance here is not to suggest I see any credibility or
value in what follows. I will leave it to the reader to decide what is
worthwhile and what is not! The point is to let people know what is being said
/ published that I have come upon.
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https://medicalrepublic.com.au/who-is-the-racgps-telehealth-stance-actually-serving/44733
30 April 2021
Who is the RACGP’s telehealth stance actually serving?
By Jeremy
Knibbs
When
our much beloved media cousins at Australian Doctor broke the
story on Tuesday that, as of 1 July, the Department of Health had decided to
stop rebates on phone consultations longer than 20 minutes, our journos were
immediately on to the department seeking a confirmation, clarification and
details.
Although
a big story, it wasn’t really a
surprise.
The
DoH had from the start been worried about the low uptake of video by GPs (it’s
less than 3 per cent) for the obvious reasons that a video consult, if you can
do one, is a far more effective patient interaction than a phone consult,
especially for anything a little more complex, such as a mental health
assessment.
The
department had been hinting from early on that they might be end up providing
monetary signals to balance the situation if didn’t self-correct.
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https://www.innovationaus.com/why-we-need-a-publicly-funded-social-network/
Why we need a publicly funded social network
Jordan
Guiao
Contributor
29 April 2021
I
almost bore myself when I start to write about issues with
Facebook. The revelations of privacy scandals, data breaches, hate speech, and
violence-inducing disinformation by Facebook has become such a regular
occurrence in our news feeds that we are almost inured to its coverage.
It
may be a symptom of how we’ve over-relied on Facebook and outsourced so much of
our communication and community that we can overlook their recurring
transgressions.
Ghosts
of social networks past may provide a glimmer of doubt or hope in Facebook’s
continued dominance. After all, bygone platforms like MySpace, Friendster and
Flickr once ruled the internet.
It
may surprise many that LinkedIn is actually older than Facebook, and continues
to succeed to this day, albeit not at the same level.
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https://www.innovationaus.com/govt-acts-on-just-3-of-13-data-sharing-recommendations/
Govt acts on just 3 of 13 data-sharing recommendations
Denham
Sadler
Senior Reporter
27 April 2021
The
federal government only addressed three out of 13
recommendations from a Privacy Impact Assessment of its sweeping new
data-sharing scheme in the final legislation presented to Parliament.
The
Data Availability and Transparency Bill (DATB), which would herald a
significant expansion of the sharing of public sector data between agencies,
departments and private sector organisations, is currently the subject of a
senate inquiry.
The
new scheme would present a “new path” for the sharing of data that is currently
blocked by secrecy or privacy provisions.
A
Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) of the final legislation introduced to
Parliament late last year by Information Integrity Solutions has now been
released publicly by the government.
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https://www.zdnet.com/article/australias-esafety-and-the-uphill-battle-of-regulating-the-ever-changing-online-realm/
Australia's eSafety and the uphill battle of regulating
the ever-changing online realm
The
eSafety Commissioner has defended the Online Safety Act, saying it's about
protecting the vulnerable and holding the social media platforms accountable
for offering a safe product, much the same way as car manufacturers and food
producers are in the offline world.
By Asha Barbaschow |
April 30, 2021 -- 07:26 GMT (17:26 AEST) | Topic: Security
Australia's
eSafety Commissioner is set to receive sweeping new powers like the ability to
order the removal of material that seriously harms adults, with the looming passage
of the Online Safety Act.
Tech firms,
as well as experts and civil liberties groups, have taken issue with the Act,
such as with its rushed
nature, the harm it can cause to the adult industry, and the overbearing
powers it affords to eSafety, as some examples. Current eSafety
Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has even previously admitted that details of how
the measures legislated in the Online Safety Bill 2021 would be overseen are
still being worked out.
The Bill
contains six priority areas, including an adult cyber abuse scheme to remove
material that seriously harms adults; an image-based abuse scheme to remove
intimate images that have been shared without consent; Basic Online Safety
Expectations (BOSE) for the eSafety Commissioner to hold services accountable;
and an online content scheme for the removal of "harmful" material
through take-down powers.
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https://www.smh.com.au/technology/accc-s-tracking-win-over-google-a-small-step-in-the-right-direction-20210420-p57kst.html
ACCC’s tracking win over Google a small step in the
right direction
By Tim
Biggs
May 1, 2021 —
12.01am
The consumer
watchdog’s court win over Google this month should serve as a warning to big
tech that privacy and data settings must be made as transparent as possible,
but more pressure will need to be exerted to dispel the opaque terms and
conditions they impose on consumers.
The
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) had alleged that Android
devices, in 2017 and 2018, were set up in such a way that someone creating a
new Google account would not be adequately informed about whether their
location would be tracked or not.
At the time,
Google made it sound as though turning off “location history” — a service that
maps wherever you go with your devices — would stop the company from collecting
data about a user’s location. But consumers also needed to turn off another setting,
one with no mention of location data - “App and web activity”, to completely
stop Google from tracking their location.
ACCC chairman
Rod Sims said the federal court decision in its favour earlier this month was
“an important victory for consumers, especially those concerned about their
privacy online.
“The court’s
decision sends a strong message to Google and others that big businesses must
not mislead their customers. Consumers should not be kept in the dark when it
comes to the collection of their personal location data.”
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https://soundcloud.com/adhapodcast/specialists-digital-health-tools
Specialists: Digital health tools
Australian
Digital Health Agency Podcast ADHA
Propaganda
Follow Australian Digital Health Agency
Podcast and others on SoundCloud.
Hear from
industry experts about the benefits of digital health for specialists and how
these tools are used to streamline processes and optimise patient care.
Speakers: Dr
Andrew Rochford (Facilitator), Omar Khorshid (Australian Medical Association
President), Jill Tomlinson (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon) and Steve
Hambleton (Agency Independent Medical Advisor).
Comment - while there is too much on the #myHR we see some are making good use of other aspects of Digital Health. Steve Hambleton is hardly and independent commentator!
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https://www.itnews.com.au/news/senate-committee-urges-further-privacy-guidance-in-data-sharing-laws-563972
Senate committee urges further privacy guidance in data
sharing laws
By Justin Hendry on
Apr 30, 2021 7:05AM
As Labor calls for 'deeply flawed' bill to be scrapped.
A
senate committee has urged the federal government to consider embedding further
privacy protection guidance into proposed public sector data sharing laws that
will make it easier for agencies to share data with third-parties.
Handing
down its report [pdf] on Thursday, the
government-led Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee made
three recommendations for minor changes to the Data Availability and
Transparency Bill 2020.
The
recommendations go to some of the security and privacy concerns raised by
stakeholders during the course of the inquiry, though skirt crucial issues like
de-identification by recommending that government only consider the change.
Labor
senators have, meanwhile, denounced the legislation altogether, labelling the
bill “deeply flawed” and suggesting the scheme will “undermine current privacy
protections, most notably the Privacy Act” if passed in
its current form.
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https://audioboom.com/posts/7855118-thur-29-apr-21-state-election-my-health-record-missing-moving-box
THUR 29 APR 21: State Election, My Health Record,
missing moving box
Apr 29, 3:18 PM
Full podcast
of Tasmania Talks with Mike O'Loughlin for Thursday 29th April, 2012
From About 42
Mins ADHA Propaganda
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https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/newsroom/events-and-webinars/my-health-record-in-aged-care-get-connected
Webinar • My Health Record
My Health Record in Aged Care – Get Connected!
Event details ADHA
Propaganda
When
Tuesday,
4 May 2021
7:00pm - 8:00pm (AEST)
Where
Online
Hosted by
Allied
Health Professions Australia (AHPA) and Australian Digital Health Agency
Register
here
Contact us
General enquiries
Phone: 1300 901 001
8am - 5pm (AEST/AEDT) Monday - Friday
Email: help@digitalhealth.gov.au
More
information
My
Health Record provides access to accurate and relevant clinical information to
assist in improving quality of life, care coordination and ultimately reduce
potential medication misadventures. This webinar guides you through how to get
connected to the My Health Record as well as ongoing compliance requirements.
Please
join Allied Health Professions Australia (AHPA) and the Australian Digital
Health Agency for an interactive session and panel discussion focusing on how
digital health tools, such as My Health Record, can support enhanced models of
person-centred care. We are pleased to have speakers with a range of expertise join
us, who will be able to share their insights on this topic.
All
allied health providers working in primary care and in aged care facilities are
welcome to attend this session.
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https://www.itwire.com/technology-regulation/accc-authorises-country-press-australia-collective-bragaining-with-google,-facebook.html
Thursday, 29 April 2021 11:17
ACCC authorises Country Press Australia collective
bargaining with Google, Facebook
By Peter
Dinham
Australia’s competition regulator,
the ACCC, has granted interim authorisation for Country Press Australia (CPA)
members to collectively negotiate with Facebook and Google over payments to
publishers for their news content that appears on the platforms.
CPA - an industry body that
represents the interests of independent regional and local newspapers
throughout Australia - currently represents 81 members and 160 regional
newspapers, which provide local news to regional communities in print and
online.
One of the 23 recommendations made
by the ACCC’s 2019 Digital Platforms Inquiry final report
was that a code be developed to address the imbalance in bargaining power
between leading digital platforms and Australian news businesses - and in April
2020, the Government directed the ACCC to develop a mandatory code - with
legislation enacting the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining
Code passed by Parliament on 25 February this year.
The Australian Competition and
Cosumer Commission says that authorisation will enable CPA members to
collectively negotiate with each of Facebook and Google, engage in discussions
with each other and exchange information about those negotiations.
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https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/nbn-has-ignored-us/news-story/186ecf531465e8c86afe3dde8045ca03
‘NBN has ignored us’
David Swan
·
6:18PM April 28, 2021
NBN Co’s latest pricing proposal shows its negotiations with
telcos and retail providers had been a ’waste of time’, according to executives
of Telstra, Optus and TPG who have all hit out at the government-run company
for retaining controversial CVC charges and not going far enough with pricing
reform.
On Wednesday NBN released a new pricing paper following months of
consultations, proposing a soft cap on variable data capacity charges, as well
as what it described as more generous data inclusions and a progress of
long-term pricing reform.
The company said the proposed soft cap would protect retailers
from sudden surges in demand, and improve industry certainty around data usage.
The Connectivity Virtual Circuit - or CVC - is the price telcos
pay to move data from the NBN to their networks. The amount of CVC a telco buys
affects the internet speed, particularly at peak usage times from 7pm to 11pm.
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https://www.smh.com.au/technology/significant-issues-apple-google-app-marketplace-power-a-concern-for-accc-20210428-p57n2v.html
‘Significant issues’: Apple, Google app marketplace
power a concern for ACCC
April 28, 2021 — 11.48am
Australia’s
consumer and competition watchdog has highlighted “significant issues” with the
power wielded by Apple and Google over the marketplace for apps and digital
services, in the strongest indication yet the companies may face fresh
regulations following a five-year inquiry.
Each
tech giant operates a mobile app store that taken together represent an
effective duopoly in Australia, a new
report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says,
and the fact that Apple and Google also compete in those markets with their own
apps gives them the ability to self-preference.
“They
have the ability and incentive to promote their own apps over others, and they
control the terms that their competitors must comply with to gain access to
their stores,” said ACCC chair Rod Sims in announcing the report.
“The
ACCC is also concerned with restrictions imposed by Apple and Google which mean
developers have no choice but to use Apple and Google’s own payment systems for
any in-app purchases.”
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https://www.afr.com/chanticleer/nbn-s-monopoly-getting-stronger-20210428-p57n2z
NBN’s monopoly getting stronger
The NBN Co
needs to make a profit to recover its $59 billion total build cost. But does
that mean it should be allowed to suppress competition?
Apr 29, 2021
– 12.00am
Australia’s
biggest monopoly, NBN Co, is slowly but surely entrenching its powerful
position at the centre of the telecommunications sector through a range of
moves that ought to worry the competition regulator.
In
fact, NBN’s clever moves to blunt or impede competition from private sector
players should be a top priority for Anna Brakey, who is chairman of the
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s telecommunications committee.
Brakey
is leading a review, announced on Wednesday, that will result in a revised
regulatory model for NBN, including giving the ACCC the power to control NBN’s
pricing.
The
ACCC has been talking about “full price regulation” of NBN since 2015, but only
a quarter of active NBN connections are covered by the current special access
undertaking signed by NBN.
Of
course, NBN’s
monopoly position is helped by the federal government’s Regional
Broadband Scheme, which puts a $7.10-a-month levy on fixed-line infrastructure
providers competing with NBN.
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https://www.itwire.com/home-it/reset-australia-says-facebook-allows-you-to-target-%E2%80%98teens-interested-in-smoking%E2%80%99-for-%24127.html
Wednesday, 28 April 2021 17:16
Reset Australia says Facebook allows you to target
‘teens interested in smoking’ for $127
By Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Reset
Australia is demanding greater data protections for teenagers after it
uncovered a Facebook loophole that allows teenagers to be profiled and targeted
with advertising based on a range of age inappropriate interests, such as
alcohol, smoking, gambling, and extreme weight loss.
Facebook
builds profiles based on interests, and then sells access to these profiles to
advertisers for direct, targeted advertising. While underage Facebook users can
not be served alcohol, cigarette or gambling ads specifically, in a new report Reset
Australia finds a loophole which allows underage profiles to be targeted based
on these illicit interests.
Reset Australia found
it costs advertisers $127 to target 1000 underage profiles with an interest in
smoking, $38 to target 1000 underage profiles interested in extreme weight
loss, and just $3 to target 1000 an underage profiles interested in alcohol.
“Facebook
appears to use teenagers’ data in the same way as adults,” said Chris
Cooper, executive director Reset Australia, the local affiliate
of a global initiative working to counter digital threats to democracy across
the world."
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https://www.itnews.com.au/news/act-policing-may-have-unlawfully-accessed-location-data-ombudsman-finds-563920
ACT Policing may have unlawfully accessed location
data, Ombudsman finds
By Justin Hendry on
Apr 28, 2021 4:05PM
Less than one percent of authorisations ‘proper’.
ACT
Policing may have illegally accessed the approximate location of mobile devices
during investigations due to its “cavalier approach to exercising
telecommunications data powers”, the Commonwealth Ombudsman has found.
An
investigation [pdf] into the access and use
of location-based services (LBS) or ‘pings’ found that the community policing
arm of the Australian Federal Police failed to properly authorise or report LBS
authorisations between October 2015 and 2019.
LBS
provides the “location of a mobile devices from which communication was made”,
either for a single point in time or at regular intervals, and is used by law
enforcement agencies to identify persons of interest.
The
investigation was prompted by an internal review that found about 8000 requests
for prospective telecommunications data such as LBS had taken place outside of
the AFP’s approved processes since 2007.
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https://wildhealth.net.au/gps-and-their-tech-vendors-are-technologically-landlocked-amid-systemic-changes/
28 April 2021
Aged care billions light fuse on systemic changes to GP
and tech sector
Cloud Interoperability
Investors Money Patient Management Systems PE VCs
By Jeremy Knibbs
As
the federal government gears up to spend $10 billion fixing aged care, big
money is hard at work already. planning how they can use GPs and new
technology to access this new funding pool
For
good or bad, there are systemic changes in politics, technology and commerce
now rippling inexorably towards the GP sector which are likely to affect all
GPs in the not-too-distant future. The same forces are going to create
significant changes to the local medical software industry as well.
Politics
is seeding the change with a big investment coming in aged care. Big money
groups such PE, VCs and private health insurers are planning their path to the
money, a path which must include GPs in some way.
But
GPs are stuck in a work and technology paradigm which won’t work for these new
money types.
The
money people are going to change the paradigm – for GPs and for likely for
large swathes of our local health tech sector as well.
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https://www.itnews.com.au/news/accc-says-apple-google-app-store-regulation-may-be-needed-563892
ACCC says Apple, Google app store regulation may be
needed
By Staff Writer on
Apr 28, 2021 12:22PM
If changes aren't made.
Australia's
competition watchdog said regulation may be required to address the significant
market power app stores owned by Alphabet's Google and Apple have if they do
not take steps to assuage concerns.
The
global dominance of Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store has been
criticised by some app makers for mandatory revenue sharing payments and strict
inclusive rules by both companies.
The
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), in a digital platforms
services inquiry interim report, said app developers should be allowed to
provide customers with alternative payment options and data collected by Google
and Apple should be kept separate from their other operations.
The
ACCC also called for consumers to be allowed to change or remove pre-installed
or default apps.
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https://www.australianageingagenda.com.au/technology/ict-in-aged-care-under-the-spotlight/
ICT in aged care under the spotlight
The
next edition of Australian Ageing Agenda magazine
is reporting on information and communications technology (ICT) in aged care
along with stories on clinical education and infection control.
There’s
no doubt that Australia’s future aged care sector needs to operate in a
technology-enabled environment. Royal Commissioners Tony Pagone and Lynelle
most recently highlighted this in their final
report.
They
recommend all aged care providers use a digital care management system that
includes medication management by July 2022. The system should be interoperable
with the My Health Record, which providers should also adopt.
Next
issue we will talk to the experts and providers about ICT in aged care, such
as:
- what ICT systems providers need for
2021 and beyond
- the clinical, business and
operational outcomes they can expect
- provider lessons on implementing new
technology.
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Electronic Prescribing - Technical Framework Documents
v3.0
Dear Valued Partner,
Further to the release of the Electronic Prescribing - Technical Framework Documents v3.0 (EP 3.0), we wish to remind you that conformance to
the relevant Healthcare Identifiers conformance requirements is now mandatory
for relevant participating
software products.
Who will this affect?
Clinical Information Systems and Prescription
Delivery Services currently participating in electronic prescribing or
those who wish to implement electronic prescribing.
Note: This does not apply to systems performing mobile application or mobile
intermediary roles.
Required action
Software developers developing to the Electronic
Prescribing – Conformance Profile 3.0 are required to first be conformant to
the relevant Healthcare Identifiers conformance requirements before they can be
assessed and approved as conformant for electronic prescribing.
A reminder that the conformance end date for all
previous electronic prescribing conformance profiles will be 30 April 2022.
Software which is conformant to any of the
previous profiles will be required to become conformant to EP 3.0 by this date
in order for their customers to continue to access electronic prescribing
functionality.
Next Steps
- Fill
out the Implementation Conformance Statement Proforma
- Conduct self assessment against the Conformance Test Specification
- Book HI Notice of Connection and HI
Conformance testing using the process here
More information
For further information on developing for the HI
Service, please see the Developer Centre.
Feedback and questions
If you would like
more informantion on HI conformance for electronic prescribing, please
contact our support team at: help@digitalhealth.gov.au or 1300 901 001.
Thank you for your continued support.
Regards,
Australian Digital Health Agency
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33898021/
Health Inf
Sci Syst
2021 Apr 16;9(1):19.
doi: 10.1007/s13755-021-00148-6. eCollection 2021 Dec.
Physicians' and pharmacists' use of My Health Record in
the emergency department: results from a mixed-methods study
Alexandra
K Mullins 1 , Heather
Morris 1 , Cate
Bailey 1 , Michael
Ben-Meir 1 2 3 , David
Rankin 2 , Mariam
Mousa 1 , Helen
Skouteris 1 4
Affiliations
Abstract
Purpose:
This study aimed to explore pharmacists' and physicians'
perceptions of use, barriers to use and the healthcare outcomes associated with
use of Australia's national personally controlled electronic health
record-known as My Health Record-in the emergency department.
Methods:
A mixed methods approach was deployed, including surveys and
individual semi-structured interviews. All physicians and pharmacists who work
in the emergency department at Cabrini Health (a non-for-profit healthcare
provider in Victoria, Australia) were invited to participate. Due to the timing
of elective blocks, physician trainees were excluded from interviews.
Results:
A total of 40 emergency medicine clinicians responded to the
survey. Over 50% (n = 22) of all respondents had used My Health Record in the
emergency department at least once. A total of 18 clinicians participated in
the semi-structured interviews, which led to the identification of three themes
with multiple sub-themes regarding My Health Record: (1) benefits; (2)
effectiveness; and; (3) barriers.
Conclusion:
Participants reported My Health Record use in the emergency
department delivers efficiencies for clinicians and has a heightened utility
for complex patients, consistent with previous research conducted outside of
the Australian setting. Barriers to use were revealed: outdated content, a lack
of trust, a low perception of value, no patient record and multiple medical
record systems. The participants in this study highlighted that training and
awareness raising is needed in order to improve My Health Record use in the
emergency department, a need stressed by physician's. Further observational
research is required to explores meaningful MHR use at scale.
Keywords:
Barriers; Efficiencies; Electronic health record; Emergency
department; My health record; Patient outcomes.
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https://www.afr.com/technology/take-it-from-a-data-expert-humans-are-more-important-than-ever-20210318-p57byg
Take it from a data expert, humans are more important
than ever
Despite
excitement about artificial intelligence, the co-founder of Woolies-owned
Quantium says that without inherently human skills, new systems will fail to
deliver value.
Tony Davis
Apr 26, 2021
– 12.00pm
It’s
been said by some tech advocates that “there will always be a role for a man and
his dog: the dog to protect the computer and the man to feed the dog.” You
won’t hear that from me. The role of humans in sophisticated data analysis and
technology has never been more crucial.
Certainly
while with Quantium I’ve seen thousands of examples where human inspiration and
interpretation within technical processes has been the key to unlocking insight
and value.
Artificial
Intelligence continues to generate
considerable hype, but for many of us in the industry it’s
increasingly evident that without uniquely human skills, AI and automation will
fail to deliver the promised benefits.
A
better way to think about AI might be Augmented Intelligence, relying on people
to define and harness technologies to drive personalised offerings for
customers and superior outcomes for businesses.
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https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=ba02d5c9-943d-4073-aa34-8b8eadca9e3b
Data Protection and Privacy
KISCH IP - Mercia Fynn
April 8 2021
This
article is taken from Lexology GTDT’s Practice Guide to Franchise. Led by DLA
Piper, the publication examines key themes topical to cross border franchising.
Introduction
The
right to privacy is a fundamental human right that has been recognised in most
jurisdictions for ages, but only in the past two decades or so has data
protection and privacy become a major focus globally, resulting in legislation
being enacted in most countries, which places the obligation on businesses to
protect the privacy of personal data that they deal with.
Franchised
businesses, like any other businesses, are obliged to comply with data privacy
laws. In the case of multinational franchising, this means complying with the
data privacy laws of all of the jurisdictions in which franchises are operated,
which is no easy task. Most countries have some form of data protection law in
place.
This
chapter will look at the current trends in different countries with respect to
data protection and privacy law, as well as the opportunities, challenges and
risks brought about by the processing of data under the prevailing
circumstances, particularly within the franchising industry.
Key
concepts in data privacy law
The
definition of ‘data’ differs from jurisdiction to jurisdiction; however, the
common thread tends to be that it refers to information concerning an
identifiable living, natural person.2 In South Africa3 and Switzerland4 (although, in the case
of Switzerland, this is likely to change soon with the ongoing revisions to the
DPA) legal entities are included in the definition. Information falling within
this definition includes, but is not limited to, information relating to race,
gender, sexual orientation, age, an identifying number, email address,
geolocation and personal opinions.
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https://www.itnews.com.au/news/facial-recognition-should-be-banned-eu-privacy-watchdog-says-563802
Facial recognition should be banned, EU privacy
watchdog says
By Foo Yun Chee on
Apr 26, 2021 10:32AM
Because of
its "deep and non-democratic intrusion" into people's private lives.
Facial
recognition should be banned in Europe because of its “deep and non-democratic
intrusion” into people’s private lives, EU privacy watchdog the European Data
Protection Supervisor (EDPS) said.
The comments
come two days after the European Commission proposed draft rules that
would allow facial recognition to be used to search for missing children or
criminals and in cases of terrorist attacks.
The draft
rules, which need to be thrashed out with EU countries and the European
Parliament, are an attempt by the Commission to set global rules for artificial
intelligence, a technology dominated by China and the United States.
The
privacy watchdog said it regretted that the Commission had not heeded its
earlier call to ban facial recognition in public spaces.
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Comments more
than welcome!
David.
