Backyard skinny-dippers lack effective laws to keep peeping drones at bay
A surprise intrusion by a drone on a Darwin woman skinny-dipping in her secluded backyard pool highlights the many weaknesses of current privacy and stalking laws.
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How companies can stay ahead of the cybersecurity curve
New standards and regulations are beginning to govern how companies protect customers' data. Companies ignore this vital issue at their peril, both financially and legally.
FactCheck Q&A: are there laws to protect against ‘revenge porn’ in Australia?
On Q&A, panellist Faustina Agolley questioned whether there were laws protecting against revenge porn in Australia. As it turns out, it all depends on where you live.
Australia’s privacy laws gutted in court ruling on what is ‘personal information’
The Federal Court has narrowed the definition of what can be deemed "personal information" in any data stored about you.
How the UK passed the most invasive surveillance law in democratic history
The Snooper's Charter has cleared parliament, but there might still be a way to stop the government collecting all our internet histories.
Restoring transparency and fairness to the FBI investigation of Clinton emails
Huma Abedin's emails belong to her; the search warrant should be served upon her. Once that happens, she can challenge the warrant's legality.
In getting ‘new’ Clinton emails, did the FBI violate the Constitution?
The FBI has a history of abusing search warrants to illegally read Americans' emails. Did the agency just do it again, in the highest of all high-profile situations?
CCTV: who can watch whom under the law?
The use of surveillance cameras raises difficult issues for the law in balancing privacy with exposure that is in the public interest – and perhaps it's time that balance was reviewed.
Daily Mail is right about three-in-a-bed injunction – the law is an ass
Celebrities should not be able to get the British legal system to do their dirty work for them.
Obituary: Caspar Bowden, a fearless privacy pioneer
Privacy advocate broadsided any deserving criticism, including his employers.
Facebook’s new photo app a creepy moment for privacy
Facebook Moments adds a new level of complexity to the issue of user consent.
Iris scanners can now identify us from 40 feet away
Public anxiety and legal protections currently pose a major challenge to anyone wanting to introduce eye-scanning security technologies.
‘Safe harbour’ court ruling could prevent US firms from reaching European users
Snowden's surveillance revelations threaten to shatter a 15-year-old US-EU agreement on data protection, with consequences for major internet firms.
Social media and the law are striking back at revenge porn
Social media companies and the law are both beginning to seriously combat revenge porn.
The new law against ‘revenge porn’ is welcome, but no guarantee of success
Police and prosecutors in the UK are now equipped with a new criminal offence in order to tackle so-called revenge pornography – where typically an abusive or vengeful ex-partner distributes explicit sexual…
The rise of an intelligence lobby threatens the rights of lawyers, journalists – and all of us
A powerful intelligence lobby made up of former defence ministers, police chiefs and intelligence commissioners has emerged in British politics, determined to push for greater powers and resources for…
Facebook and Google have a moral duty to stop online abuse
It’s the stuff of nightmares: your intimate images are leaked and posted online by somebody you thought you could trust. But in Australia, victims often have no real legal remedy for this kind of abuse…
An online ‘erasure service’ for California minors – but can it work?
Privacy is often thought of as the right to be left alone. Yet, our lives are embedded in relationships – with people, with corporations, with government, and with technological devices – that can’t be…
Personal privacy is eroding as consent policies of Google and Facebook evoke ‘fantasy world’
We live in a world increasingly dominated by our personal data. Some of those data we choose to reveal, for example, through social media, email and the billions – yes, billions – of messages, photos and…
Civil action is the big stick needed to protect our privacy
Never mind the celebrities; let’s say you and I had naked photos of ourselves (selfie-steams) floating in Apple’s iCloud. If somehow those photos were exposed, we would have little recourse under Australia’s…
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