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    Privacy legislation recently passed by Australia's Parliament could be among the first laws to fall short of complying with a strict European Union directive banning the flow of personal information about European citizens to countries with inadequate privacy protections.

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    Privacy groups have written to the US Federal Trade Commission complaining that Amazon's privacy policy deceives consumers and violates laws against unfair business practices.

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    You may be spending generously to get closer to your customers, but can you guarantee their privacy? To a legal certainty? If these questions make you nervous, join the stampede: December 21, the date new national privacy laws kick into effect, is a whole lot closer than you think.

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