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Australia's Proposed Privacy Law Changes

Australia's proposed privacy law changes could allow individuals to request removal of personal data found by AI search tools, as illustrated by a user's Google AI mode search that surfaced outdated business registrations and unrelated relatives. The changes aim to strengthen privacy protections amid growing use of AI-powered data aggregation.

read1 min views1 publishedSep 3, 2026

My instinct tells me that most of the people who were rushing out to buy Kmart’s $79 smart glasses were not buying them for accessibility purposes.

The reality is that the 18 year old manning the counter at the public pool on the weekend is not going to be enforcing anything.

Could definitely be a game changer.

I’ve been pretty invisible online for a while, since I deleted Facebook in 2010.

I did a Google AI mode search on myself over the weekend and it found a business registration from 2006, and an article my wife did in 2018.

It also found some people who said they could be related, only one of which actually was.

I would be interested to see if these changes eventually allow me to request a removal of any of those.

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