Appendix W: The Wallis Social Research Podcast: The Privacy Bargain –Exploring the trade-offs between privacy, protection, and policy in the digital age (With Sarah Campbell and Professor Chris Berg).

Anthony Frosh speaks with Professor Chris Berg and ADIA CEO Sarah Campbell just in time for the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner's (OAIC) annual Privacy Awareness Week

Some topics include:

• Do people even care about privacy anymore?

• ·Why so many of us give away our personal data

• Privacy policy reform

• Tensions in privacy policy

• The measures legitimate research organisations take to protect privacy

• Cyber security – the domain of the private sector or government?

• The case example of Bunnings and facial recognition technology

• The impact of AI technology

• The potential impact of quantum computing

To find out more about the OAIC’s Privacy Awareness Week, please visit https://www.oaic.gov.au/engage-with-us/events/privacy-awareness-week/paw-2025

Professor Chris Berg is co-founder of RMIT’s Blockchain Innovation Hub. Chris is a professor of Economics, one of Australia’s  most prominent voices for free markets and individual liberty, and a leading global authority on the intersection of regulation, technological change, and civil liberties.  Visit https://chrisberg.org/ to get more of Chris, or follow him on LinkedIn.

Sarah Campbell is CEO of the Australian Data and Insights Association (ADIA). ADIA is the peak industry body for data, insights and research organisations in Australia. ADIA represents close to 100 of Australia’s leading companies in that industry.  Visit https://dataandinsights.com.au/ to find out more about Sarah and ADIA.

This episode is edited by Shalini Sen. Marketing is the domain of Sarah Guy.