Changes to the federal Privacy Act were introduced into parliament last week, part of long overdue amendments aimed at updating our Privacy Laws for the digital era.

But according to Data Privacy and Consumer rights groups, the changes do not go far enough to protect Australian's private information, and it leave us lagging behind the rest of the world when it comes to how our data is bought, sold and manipulated online.

• Guest: Katharine Kemp, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law & Justice at UNSW and leader of the UNSW Public Interest Law & Tech initiative