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One-third of customers will return to a hacked site without even changing their password, according to a recent study. d3sign/Moment Collection/Getty Images

June 22, 2023

Fear trumps anger when it comes to data breaches – angry customers vent, but fearful customers don’t come back

Rajendran Murthy, Rochester Institute of Technology

Companies tend to focus on appeasing angry customers after a data breach. New research shows they may want to pay more attention to customers who are afraid to return to their site.

Headlines and headaches for those unable to escape their past. Wikimedia Commons

March 10, 2021

How a silent movie informs the current debate over the right to be forgotten

Bill Kovarik, Radford University

At the end of the 1925 movie ‘Red Kimono,’ the protagonist, Gabrielle Darley, throws away her garment and moves on to a better life. Real life is more complicated.

Of the 23 recommendations made in the ACCC’s final report, the government supported six in their entirety, ten “in principle”, “noted” five and rejected two. shutterstock

December 12, 2019

The federal government’s response to the ACCC’s Digital Platforms Inquiry is a let down

Katharine Kemp, UNSW Sydney and Rob Nicholls, UNSW Sydney

The ACCC’s inquiry was launched to address concerns about the market power of major digital platforms, such as Google and Facebook, and their impact on Australia’s businesses and media.

The EU’s data protection measures aspire to force companies to be more transparent around data collection. from www.shutterstock.com

March 1, 2019

Should online users be bound by their privacy agreements?

Samuel Becher, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

The European Union has enacted a systematic plan to give people more control over their personal data online. But despite these efforts, privacy agreements remain largely unreadable.

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