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  • Google LLC acquisition of Fitbit Inc, Submission to the ACCC (24 Mar 2020)
  • Report on the International Implications of the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance And Access) Act 2018 (4 Jun 2019)
  • Negotiations on Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Australia – Sustainability Impact Assessment, Submission to BKP Economic Advisors, München (25 Jan 2019)
  • Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), Submission to Joint Standing Ctee on Treaties (10 Mar 2016)

  • APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) system, and non-renewal of TRUSTe’s AA status, Submission to APEC, jointly with Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), plus further signatories (3 Dec 2014)
  • Guidelines for Hosting State Government Data Outside NSW Borders, Submission to NSW Privacy Commissioner (16 Mar 2014)

  • The APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules system, Submission to APEC Data Privacy Subgroup (24 Jun 2013)

  • Proposed Personal Data Protection Bill, Submission to Singapore Ministry of Information, Communications, and the Arts (MICA) (29 Apr 2012)

  • Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), including the Proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), Submission to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (7 Sep 2011)
  • EU-Australia Passenger Name Record (PNR) Agreement, Further Comments (27 Sep 2011)
  • EU-Australia Passenger Name Record (PNR) Agreement, Public Statement (19 Sep 2011)
  • Review of the 1980 OECD Guidelines, Submission by the Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council (CSISAC) to the OECD (4 April 2011)

  • Cross Border Data Transfers, Submission to Dept of Prime Minister & Cabinet (30 November 2009)
  • Privacy Principles & Interstate Disclosure – GQ v NSW DET [2008] NSWADT 3191, Letters to NSW Privacy Commissioner & ors. (January 2009)

  • Letter to Privacy Commissioner re SWIFT Complaint of Jul/Oct 2006 (February 2007)

  • Breach of Privacy Act by Australian Financial Institutions (through SWIFT), to Privacy Commissioner (October 2006)
  • SWIFT – disclosures of Australians’ financial information without warrant to the USA, to Privacy Commissioner (July 2006)

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