Retired High Court judge Michael Kirby says internet search engines and imaging capture systems like Google Street View have unexpectedly sidelined traditional principles governing the protection of personal information, and expectations of reasonable privacy in public places.”Search engines mean that a whole raft of material collected for one purpose can be accessed and used for new purposes, and the flood cannot be held back,” Mr Kirby told a Privacy Awareness Week business luncheon in Sydney yesterday.
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