On September 18, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner ("Commissioner") and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization's Data61 released The De-Identification Decision-Making Framework ("Framework"). The Framework is a practical guide to the de-identification of personal information held by Australian organizations. When discussing the Framework, the Australian Information and Privacy Commissioner noted that "[i]ntegrating the different perspectives on the topic of de-identification into a single, comprehensible framework is what this guide is all about."

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