Carly Kind assumed her role as Privacy Commissioner in February this year. In this episode of Tech Mirror, Commissioner Kind and Johanna traverse:  

• what motivated Carly to accept the role (hint: it’s an exciting time in privacy in Australia)
• how the reinstated role of Privacy Commissioner works within the broader Office of Australia Information Commissioner (OAIC)
• Carly’s hopes for the privacy reform package to be introduced in parliament in August
• the role of OAIC as privacy regulator of Digital Identify
• the importance of protecting biometric data, including facial recognition
• the process and outcome of OAIC’s TicToc inquiry, and Carly’s ongoing concerns about pixel tracking
• privacy and Artificial Intelligence (of course); and
• the importance of privacy rights as a check and balance on power.

Links:

• Tech Policy Atlas: https://techpolicydesign.au/tech-policy-atlas
• Research: Cultivating Coordination: https://techpolicydesign.au/report-tending-the-tech-ecosystem