Despite privacy concerns over police use of DNA uploaded to ancestry websites, many people are just excited that their genetic material could get a killer off the streets.
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Experts describe their research into how smartphones collect and share private personal information with tracking companies and advertisers.
When smartphone apps get permission to access your location or other activity, they often share that data with other companies that can compile digital profiles on users.
The Federal Court has narrowed the definition of what can be deemed "personal information" in any data stored about you.
The cancer screening registry contract won by Telstra Health is only the first of the potential outsourcing of health programs. It creates a precedent that needs to be right.
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.
Google and the media have done their bit to try and subvert the right to be forgotten, but an ICO ruling suggests its beginning to take notice.
There is lot on the minds of teens other than school, grades and friends. Research shows being asked "prying" questions could make a real difference to their mental health.
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Stephen Duckett is a Friend of The Conversation.Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
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Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University
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Professor of Information Systems and Management, Carnegie Mellon University
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Clinical Assistant Professor College of Nursing and Health Innovation, University of Texas Arlington
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Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
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Research Assistant Professor, IMDEA Networks Institute, Madrid, Spain; Research Scientist, Networking and Security, International Computer Science Institute based at, University of California, Berkeley
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