Digital Privacy: GDPR and Its Lessons for Australia

Das Chaudhury, Ratul; Choe, Chongwoo

Abstract

Australia's Privacy Act 1988 is under review with a view to bringing Australia's privacy laws into the digital era, more in line with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This article discusses how the GDPR can be refined and standardised to be more effective in protecting privacy in the digital era while not adversely affecting the digital economy that relies heavily on data. We argue that an ideal data policy should be informative and transparent about potential privacy costs while giving consumers a menu of opt-in choices into which they can self-select.

Citation

Das Chaudhury, R., & Choe, C. (2023). Digital Privacy: GDPR and Its Lessons for Australia. Australian Economic Review, 56(2), 204-220. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.12506

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 25, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Feb 16, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023-06
• Deposit Date: Sep 17, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 25, 2024
• Journal: Australian Economic Review
• Print ISSN: 0004-9018
• Electronic ISSN: 1467-8462
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 56
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 204-220
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.12506
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/39719999
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8462.12506