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The Australian government will temporarily suspend data-sharing regulations so Optus can work with banks and agencies to prevent identity theft.
An additional verification step can go a long way to protect your online stuff – but not all methods are equally safe.
With up to 10 million plaintiffs, a successful class action against Optus over its identify data breach could easily be worth billions of dollars.
Researchers have a number of responsibilities when embarking on their work - not least of all to the participants.
Australia’s privacy laws are so vague a company can keep your data as long as it ‘needs’.
If you’ve been affected by the Optus data breach, the danger is far from over – no matter what the purported hacker is claiming.
Facial recognition technology has set us on a path to mass surveillance – but it’s not too late to change course.
Up to 9.8 million Australians have been affected. Here’s what you can do to proactively defend yourself.
The terms of the Australian Privacy Principle 3.6 are quite clear. So why is there not a single published case of this law being enforced?
Even a burner phone paid for with cash can reveal your identity and where you’ve been. A data privacy expert explains.
Data collection is big business in the US, but a bipartisan data privacy bill rapidly moving through Congress promises to affect the information websites, social media platforms and all other businesses collect.
A privacy researcher found a ‘code injection’ that allows Instagram and Facebook to collect sensitive user data, including passwords and credit card details.
One Medical provides primary healthcare services to people across the US.
It would take huge numbers of people submitting bad data to affect the algorithms behind period tracking apps, but even then it would be more harmful than helpful.
TikTok has admitted its Chinese employees have access to user data collected outside China.
American women are deleting period trackers after the end of Roe v. Wade, but evading digital surveillance will be almost impossible without changes to privacy regulations.
There’s little transparency surrounding how insurance firms collect, analyse and use our personal data when they establish insurance costs.
An integrative cybersecurity and data protection program will help firms adjust their management protocols and be better prepared for future cybersecurity trends.
Even a burner phone paid for with cash can reveal your identity and where you’ve been. A data privacy expert explains.
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Visiting Professor of Law, University of Richmond
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Professor of Marketing, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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