Former head of the United Kingdom's Government Digital Service, Mike Bracken, argues that the third wave of digital transformation will force old fashioned structures and systems of government to give way to platforms that can deal with an increasingly uncertain future, including the new era of big data.

This article asks what the economic argument is for and against privacy, or managing data flows. It argues that privacy has a role to play in whether data will be used in a way which changes the allocation of economic surplus, or whether data will be used in a way that will increase the total...

This report offers a series of recommendations to improve the open data infrastructure, engage a broad community of stakeholders to support the management of data as an asset, and expand collaboration that is vital to ensuring public access to data.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) undertook a privacy assessment of the Coles flybuys loyalty program (flybuys) to assess whether the program:

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) undertook a privacy assessment of the Woolworths loyalty program (Woolworths Rewards) to assess whether the program: managed personal information in an open and transparent way as required by Australian Privacy Principle (APP) 1 notified individuals of the collection of personal information in accordance with its APP 5...