Again, as I said earlier, I think when you give an ombudsman, an investigative body, the power to also order fines, that fundamentally changes the balance and you have someone become investigator, judge, and jury. That would be to the detriment of what for the most part is an open and fruitful dialogue on privacy issues between the Privacy Commissioner's office and the business community. Routinely now when companies are introducing a new service or feature or technology they call up the Privacy Commissioner's office and give her a briefing. I cannot guarantee, but I would predict that in a different model we'd see an awful lot less of that.
On October 16th, 2012. See this statement in context.