Oh look, everyone … another data breach!
LivingSocial, an international social service network with a presence in Australia, acknowledged last week it had been hacked, with exposure of information about…
With cabinet appearing to have sat on the proposal for a privacy tort, Stephen Conroy’s move to refer it to the Australian Law Reform Commission may effectively consign it to oblivion.
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Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has indicated the federal government will not be introducing a “privacy tort” in the near future.
Instead, it will refer questions about the tort back to the Australian…
Any restriction on buying painkillers needs to be consistent with national privacy protection.
Nils Geylen
Earlier this week the ABC reported that a handful of pharmacists in Tasmania had engaged in community policing. They’re tracking the purchase of codeine-based painkillers, sharing information with their…
The ability of the police to collect images of protesters is set to be challenged in Victoria.
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Most of us value our privacy. But in Australia, despite recommendation after recommendation that we reform the law to protect citizens from serious invasions of privacy, there is often little protection…
Proposals to extend our national security agencies' surveillance powers over our electronic communications has caused much controversy.
Ludovic Bertron
In the “age of the social graph”, it is possible to profile people by tracking their relationships with friends and associates rather than by looking at the content of their communications.
Debate about…
Trust in the media is at the heart of issues around Gina Rinehart, Fairfax and editorial independence.
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Amid indications that Fairfax is going into the corporate death spiral – ongoing disinvestment resulting in smaller market share – we’re asking the wrong questions about the future of the Australian media…
There is much to like in the updated Privacy Act – but is it too early to cheer?
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British novelist E M Forster famously offered two cheers for democracy. We might say the same about the national Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Bill introduced into Parliament last week…
