1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: This government has made fast track a bit of a buzzword, 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: and after get another massive hack of private information on Sunday, 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: it needs to put that buzzword into action sharpen up 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: our privacy laws like yesterday, especially if we're talking about 5 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: your health information getting stolen and then potentially posted online 6 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 1: by hackers for a ransom. The hackers, it seems to me, 7 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: are pretty much a mystery and never going to be caught. 8 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: That ship has sailed and we can, at least for 9 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: now put that in the too hard basket. But the 10 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: folks we can find, which we currently don't, by the way, 11 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: are the businesses asking for our information and not doing 12 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:42,840 Speaker 1: enough to protect it in the first place. If ever 13 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: there was a need for better regulation and harsher penalties, 14 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:50,480 Speaker 1: it's with cases like this what should be your private data? 15 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: In New Zealand Consumer says there is no express penalty 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 1: or fine for a breach. No fine commissioner has the 17 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: powder to issue a fine of wait for it, ten grand, yeah, 18 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 1: ten thousand dollars, and that's only if a company doesn't 19 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: report a breach or tries to hide it. The ass 20 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: is they'll whack you with a fine of up to 21 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 1: fifty million Australian dollars. That makes ours look like a 22 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,040 Speaker 1: bit of a slap with a wet bus ticket, doesn't it. 23 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: Companies should be scared to ask for your private information 24 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: because the risk of it being nicked is evidently quite high, 25 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 1: isn't it. This is not a funny thing, it's outrageous. 26 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: In two months, we've had the largest ever hack in 27 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,119 Speaker 1: our history through manage my health, and now there's many 28 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: map one last week, I went shopping that books myself 29 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: some new clothes because I've basically worn through them. So 30 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: went out to buy just a couple of T shirts 31 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: and shorts, and I was asked for my name and 32 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: email address and my postal address, not that I was 33 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: sending the clothes to myself. I walked out the shop 34 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: with them in a bag. Why, because they want you 35 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: on a mailing list. I didn't have to provide this data, 36 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: but if I did, I would get ten percent off 37 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: the clothes. I paid the full price, but I couldn't 38 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: leave with a receipt unless I hand it over my email. 39 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 1: Now that annoys me and they should be scared to 40 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 1: ask for it. Businesses want our information because they can 41 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: sell us more stuff. Or share it with a third party, whatever, 42 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 1: But it should be either illegal to ask for it. 43 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: It should actually be illegal to ask for it unless 44 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: the law requires it, and if the data they do 45 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: have get stolen, that should be their problem under the law. 46 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: The fines ought to reflect how serious the breach is. 47 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: With health well, that ought to be millions. Surely they 48 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: should be scared, like with health and safety laws, to 49 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: even ask for it. It's not like this problem has 50 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 1: suddenly sailed into port. That's why the legislation should be 51 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: fast tracked. It should be bipartisan, and it should be 52 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: tough as nails. Otherwise we can all look forward to 53 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: another data breach coming to a town near you soon. 54 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live 55 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: to News Talks it'd be from five am weekdays, or 56 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:10,679 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.