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The uneasy relationship between political power and the influence of the news media.
A new agreement between the European Union and the U.S. would provide more protection of Europeans’ data against American mass surveillance than was required before.
By linking censuses through time or by combining other information with the census, many more important policy questions can be answered than if we used one dataset alone.
How should we address growing concerns about information security without denying society the benefits big data can bring?
Millions of new devices are going online as the Internet of Things expands. But many have security or privacy holes. Here’s what to look for to keep yourself safe online.
Drones are increasingly being used by law enforcement agencies around the world, but this raises some issues around privacy and regulation.
The court order to Apple is consistent with the existing law and previous Supreme Court decisions.
Apple’s refusal to back down in its fight with the FBI is a sharp reversal from just a few years ago when it was the government urging tech companies to do more to protect consumer privacy.
Apple says it won’t comply with a court order to unlock a terrorism suspect’s iPhone for the FBI. Here’s the technology at play.
No laughing matter: privacy fears were stoked in the 19th century even as people relished the tale of a Nosy Parker.
If we can solve the privacy issues, placing trackers on people and the things we make can teach us a great deal about ourselves and the world around us.
Young people are starting to skip the very public postings of some of social media’s original platforms. Why? And where will that leave the companies that rely on our willingness to divulge everything?
New York City is developing a ‘free’ public Wi-Fi network to be deployed throughout the city, but the poorly appreciated price is our privacy.
Banning encryption won’t help, and probably isn’t possible anyway.
Images taken from young people’s Facebook are being used by the media with impunity.
Dating has gone from seeking soulmates to swiping faces to kill time. What happened?
In a world first, Victoria plans to retrospectively open the records of formerly anonymous sperm donors to all donor-conceived people. A system of contact vetoes aims to manage the privacy concerns.
City dwellers have better access to more information about the people and places around them than ever before, but it has never been more difficult to preserve privacy as a result.
Media pictures of the children of celebrities are now clearly off limits – unless their parents consent to publication.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
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Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Professor specialising in Internet law, Bond University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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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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Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Research engineer, Advanced Surveillance Project, Data61
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Research Director of the Security and Surveillance Research group; Professor, The University of Queensland
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Data protection and surveillance stream lead, Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, UNSW Law Faculty, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Researcher and Project Manager, Advanced Surveillance Project, Data61
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor in Telecommunications Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
