@CassPF

Recordkeeping, archives, privacy and the politics of information.

 Sydney, New South Wales
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Joined June 2009
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"65,000 years of history (both recorded and lost) are inscribed on the dark walls and ceiling, inviting viewers to fill in the blanks and grasp the inherent fragility of this mournful archive" theguardian.com/artanddesign…

Artwork commemorating Indigenous Australian history triumphs in Venice

Prize for best national participation goes to Archie Moore, who becomes first Australian artist to win it

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This work looks extraordinary theguardian.com/artanddesign…

Artwork commemorating Indigenous Australian history triumphs in Venice

Prize for best national participation goes to Archie Moore, who becomes first Australian artist to win it

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This week's RFH is a cracker theredhandfiles.com/

The Red Hand Files

You can ask me anything. There will be no moderator. This will be between you and me. Let's see what happens. Much love, Nick

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What an outlandish thing to do.
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@THR6 Feb 2024
According to a source, King Charles personally informed his children and siblings of his cancer before telling the press thr.cm/iFIAh7d
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Another one for dustyarchivekittendeaths smh.com.au/politics/federal/…

Secret government papers disappeared decades ago. They turned up in a dusty corner of parliament

Like a scene from The Office, highly secret cabinet documents were forgotten and left to collect dust in safes inside one the country’s most important departments.

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"Like like the CIA putting out a statement saying that going forward they’ll only waterboard people with dignity and respect.” 🫤theintercept.com/2023/08/25/…

NSA Orders Employees to Spy on the World “With Dignity and Respect”

A rights advocate said, “This is like the CIA putting out a statement saying that going forward they’ll only waterboard people with dignity and respect.”

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>>“Claims from businesses that data must be indefinitely retained to improve algorithms do not override legal bans on indefinite retention of data.”>> smh.com.au/technology/amazon…

Amazon fined $47 million for hoarding kids’ data, spying through cameras

Amazon dismisses American regulator’s allegations, but has agreed to pay the fines.

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Cassie Findlay retweeted
Trove@TroveAustralia2 Apr 2023
We are delighted that Trove’s future has been secured! The National Library welcomes the announcement of ongoing Trove funding. Read more: bit.ly/3m4i9kn
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Hey it's @MikeJonesPhD on the radio talking about the (most recent) rescue of @TroveAustralia
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Cool cool cool
CNN
@CNN8 Mar 2023
Scientists have revived a "zombie" virus that spent 48,500 years frozen in permafrost cnn.it/3YA4u1D

Scientists have revived a ‘zombie’ virus that spent 48,500 years in permafrost | CNN

Warmer temperatures in the Arctic are thawing the region’s permafrost — a frozen layer of soil beneath the ground — and potentially stirring viruses that, after lying dormant for tens of thousands of...

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We welcome the final report of the Attorney-General’s Department’s (AGD) review of the Privacy Act 1988 and encourage interested parties to have their say about privacy reform in Australia through the AGD’s feedback process. Read our media release: oaic.gov.au/updates/news-and…
Decorative image, text reads: ‘OAIC welcomes Privacy Act review report’

ALT Decorative image, text reads: ‘OAIC welcomes Privacy Act review report’

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Also new: " Amend APP 1.4 to stipulate than an APP entity’s privacy policy must specify its personal information retention periods." ag.gov.au/sites/default/file…
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Quite a bit in the report that would mean swinging the pendulum towards prescribed obligations to destroy / de-identify as opposed to meeting minimum retention periods and potentially retaining much longer ag.gov.au/sites/default/file…
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👉😮"The Commonwealth should undertake a review of all legal provisions that require retention of personal information to determine if the provisions appropriately balance their intended policy objectives with the privacy and cyber security risks" ag.gov.au/sites/default/file…
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There's a proposal that APP 11 require both maximum and minimum retention periods for personal information, and that these rules are regularly reviewed - implications here for records disposal programs ag.gov.au/sites/default/file…
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Expect periodic tweetage about AG's Privacy Act Review report - in particular regarding recordkeeping implications ag.gov.au/sites/default/file…
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This week on TWIDT Arj and Jordan look at the human labour powering AI solutions - solutions that we're encouraged to view as magic in a box, blinding us to sweat and toil in the background, often via sub-contracting arrangements in the developing world lnkd.in/dK7FaRxq

LinkedIn

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Just weeping uncontrollably at The Last of Us Ep 3 #lastofus
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For the Balibo Five smh.com.au/world/asia/long-o…

‘Long overdue’: Ramos-Horta calls on Australia to release Balibo files

The East Timor president urged Australia to act as he paid tribute to Shirley Shackleton, the widow of one of the journalists killed by Indonesian forces.

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My colleague @arjrama had a conversation with @BarbaraREED and @GoldingFrank about the Charter of Lifelong Rights in Childhood Recordkeeping in Out of Home Care. Valuable insights here about reimaginging recordkeeping - and privacy podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

#45 Setting the record straight

Podcast Episode · plain.txt · January 9, 2023 · 27m

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