Fiji’s data privacy safeguards face scrutiny

Questions have been raised over whether Fiji’s government can protect citizens’ privacy and data rights under two proposed regional treaties.

The concerns appeared in submissions to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, which is reviewing the Fiji-Australia Vuvale Union and Ocean of Peace Alliance treaties.

The committee’s review has brought data protection into the debate over the proposed agreements. A government communications official responded to the concerns, but the supplied report does not include the substance of that response.