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AI technologies have been left largely unregulated in New Zealand – and barely discussed during the election campaign. The country needs a clear plan for the brave new digital world.
Everything apps offer a wide range of features, combining social media with personal finances. But creating the perfect everything app is no easy task.
The Federal Trade Commission’s investigation of ChatGPT maker OpenAI shows that the US government is beginning to get serious about regulating AI.
The government faces legal restrictions on how much personal information it can gather on citizens, but the law is largely silent on agencies purchasing the data from commercial brokers.
Meta now faces some A$4 billion in fines related to breaches of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulations.
Montana has announced plans to ban the app from January 2024, making it a potential testing ground for a ‘TikTok-free’ America.
The blocking of ChatGPT in Italy raises some important questions, including how to balance access to services with the need to protect children
Does privacy law in Canada do enough to protect us from entities like tech platforms, retailers, the police, hackers and criminals?
The platform has already faced bans in a number of other countries – most of them citing privacy and surveillance concerns.
What data privacy risk does TikTok pose, and what could the Chinese government do with data it collects? And is it even possible to ban an app?
An analysis of 12 popular apps’ privacy policies reveals a number of concerns, including confusing privacy messages and unnecessarily long data retention windows.
Many people have become resigned to the fact that tech companies collect our private data. But policymakers must do more to limit the amount of personal information corporations can collect.
If the VR industry is to experience the kind of growth that will make it worthy of the billions of dollars that have been invested in it, we need to view the metaverse as public infrastructure.
Cellphones are constantly collecting location data from global satellites, but there is uncertainty about who is using these data, and for what purposes.
The proposals from the Attorney-General’s Department could help bolster Australia’s privacy laws — but there are some deficiencies.
ChatGPT is fuelled by our intimate online histories. It’s trained on 300 billion words, yet users have no way of knowing which of their data it contains.
There are concerns about how health data are used, but research shows support for uses with public benefits by health-care providers, governments, health-system planners and university-based researchers.
Wearables and smartwatches can track your pulse – but if you’re using them to scan for irregular heart rhythms, there are some things you should know.
Cyber crime is arguably the top risk now facing any business. But things need to change if cyber-insurance is to be viable for most.
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
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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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Visiting Professor of Law, University of Richmond
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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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Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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