By choosing to deal with companies with better data protection policies, Australian consumers can create pressure for change in how personal data is handled across the board.
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Small charities aren’t like small companies, and the way they operate may pose greater risks under GDPR than for others.
You should be aware of the amount of genetic information you might disclose in a research study – and what the benefits and risks will be.
Toronto’s Quayside smart city project needs a new, truly consultative process. An innovative method used by Brazil to develop its landmark Internet Bill of Rights may be the answer.
We need to stop blaming consumers for not reading online privacy policies and fix the system.
It is vital for governments and citizens to discuss how much privacy should be sacrificed when issues of national security arise.
We’re at a critical moment as users of Facebook. It’s our responsibility to educate ourselves about how our data is bought and sold.
An expert explains how Facebook’s privacy issues are linked to a bigger problem – a ‘hostile information architecture,’ largely controlled by corporate interests.
Facebook grapples with balancing the privacy needs of users with needs of the research community.
Facebook is not just in the business of providing you with a service. It is also in the business of farming your data.
Do we really want to protect our privacy when we expose it on social networks?
After facing the US Congress the Facebook chief will have learned the easy part is over. From now on things will be tougher.
Facebook says it’s going to continue to respond to widespread concerns about its practices and role in society. Researchers of privacy and online trust offer ideas for immediate action.
Not on Facebook? Well the social media giant could still have created a shadow profile for you, without your knowledge or permission.
Facebook is realizing it has broad obligations to society. Here’s how it could start meeting them.
Experts reviewed more than five hours of testimony Facebook’s notoriously reserved CEO gave to Congress, searching for nonverbal clues to understand what he’s really thinking.
For years, watchdogs have warned of the potential problems of sharing data with online companies. The Facebook data crisis has made these concerns much more real. What should be done now?
The current reckoning with data has been a long time coming, a historian of privacy in the US writes.
US privacy laws focus on informing consumers what’s happening with their data; other countries specifically restrict data collection and analysis.
Scholars discuss the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal: what happened, what’s at stake, how to fix it, and what could come next.
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
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Visiting Professor of Law, University of Richmond
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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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 Cyber Security and Policy, Tufts University
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Turing and Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, University of Bristol, University of Bristol
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Professor in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney
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Professor of law and ethics, Georgia State University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
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Senior Lecturer in Ethics and Professionalism, University of Adelaide
