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Story: Privacy watchdog to get power to fine for data loss

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Posted by: Andrew Meredith (Tuesday 25 November 2008, 6:48 PM)

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And on the flip side

This is the same document that would give the DoJ the authority to grant themselves permission to reuse data collected for one use for a completely different use without reference to parliament or anybody else.

So the commissioner can march in and catch them with their pants down, and they can just redefine down as up on a whim and walk away.

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