[LINK] Microsoft slams local data centre edict

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Richard Chirgwin wrote:
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> This kind of "IT is all" attitude is probably what lies behind Westpac's 
> decision to demote IT out of the boardroom and make it one line of 
> reporting to the COO.
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I missed the context for the above, but it seems that the NSW Government
has gone one step further and just left it to the IT Company.

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> Demographic Information
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> Additional demographic information such as your age, sex, household income, suburb and interests may also be collected at this time. You can click the Sign Up to Have your Say link to check this.
...
> When you sign up for a user account you provide three types of information:
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>    1. Publicly available information
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<http://haveyoursay.nsw.gov.au/privacy>

Marghanita
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