Mark Burdon’s primary research interests are privacy law and the regulation of information sharing technologies. Mark has researched on a diverse range of multi-disciplinary projects involving the reporting of data breaches, e-government information frameworks, consumer protection in e-commerce and information protection standards for e-courts. Mark’s research is published in leading law/technology journals in the US, the EU and Australia. Mark is currently working with Mark Andrejevic on the advent and implications of the Sensor Society.
Research Interests
Information Privacy Law
Sensor Society
Data Breach Notification Law
Information Security Law
Regulation of Technology
Experience
–present
Senior lecturer, University of Queensland
Education
2011
Queensland University of Technology, PhD
1998
MSc Econ (Public Policy), Queen Mary University
1996
LLB(Hons), London South Bank University
Publications
2016
Big Data in the Sensor Society’ in Sigumoto, Cassidy et al ‘Big Data is Not a Monolith’ (forthcoming), MIT Press
2015
'Defining the Sensor Society' , Television and New Media
2015
The Privacy Commissioner and Own-Motion Investigations into Serious Data Breaches: A Case of Going through the Motions?, University of New South Wales Law Journal
2014
Re-Conceptualising Privacy and Discrimination in an Age of Talent Analytics, University of New South Wales Law Journal
2013
The Google Street View Wi-Fi Scandal and Its Repercussions for Privacy Regulation, Monash University Law Review
2012
'Data Breach Notification Law in the EU and Australia Where to Now?' , Computer Law & Security Review
2011
'Contextualising the Tensions and Weaknesses of Information Privacy and Data Breach Notification Laws', Santa Clara Computer & High Technology Law Journal
2010
'The Mandatory Notification of Data Breaches : Issues Arising for Australian and EU Legal Developments', Computer Law and Security Report
2010
'Encryption Safe Harbours and Data Breach Notification Laws', Computer Law and Security Report