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digital privacy
Australia’s Digital ID Comes Into Force
The Digital ID Act commenced in December.
December 1, 2024
BY
Monica O’Shea
Senate Inquiry Backs Under-16s Social Media Ban Without Digital ID
The lower house has passed the Bill, meaning it will now go to the Senate for a vote.
November 26, 2024
BY
Monica O’Shea
Bunnings Found to Breach Customer Privacy With Widespread Use of Facial Recognition Tech
Hundreds of thousands of customers of Bunnings, Australia's dominant hardware retailer, were scanned without their knowledge.
November 18, 2024
BY
Rex Widerstrom
Top Australian Car Brands Storing Data, Voice, and Video Information
Seven out of 10 of Australia's most-sold car brands are storing driver data at various levels, with some ...
October 8, 2024
BY
Crystal-Rose Jones
New Zealand’s Digital ID Authority Starts Work
The Trust Framework Authority is New Zealand's regulator of accredited digital identity services. It accredits providers and polices ...
July 3, 2024
BY
Rex Widerstrom
West Australians Offered Payout If They Sign up to Digital ID
Parents can get $250 for each secondary student and $150 for each primary student and kindergartener—provided they sign ...
March 20, 2024
BY
Rex Widerstrom
Push for National Digital ID in Australia Making ‘Progress’: Minister
Legislation will be introduced 'end of this year' or 'early next year'
October 29, 2023
BY
Monica O’Shea
Big Tech, Major Websites Are Caught Swiping Personal Data Without Consent
Researchers from KU Leuven, Radboud University, and the University of Lausanne conducted a study that found tens of thousands ...
May 14, 2022
BY
Bryan Jung
7-Eleven Secretly Scanning Customer Faces Without Consent: Australian Data Authority
Convenience store group 7-Eleven has been found collecting facial recognition data from customers without their consent, according to ...
October 15, 2021
BY
Daniel Y. Teng
Another Australian State Launches Home Quarantine App With Facial Recognition, Geolocation Tech
Victoria is the latest Australian state to launch a home quarantine trial using a facial recognition and geolocation ...
September 29, 2021
BY
Rebecca Zhu
Australia Passes Sweeping Online Surveillance Bill Amid Privacy Concerns
The Australian federal government last week passed a sweeping surveillance bill that would grant top law enforcement agencies ...
September 1, 2021
BY
Isabel van Brugen
Google, Apple, and Microsoft Distribute Chinese Surveillance Technology
Commentary As I previously discussed, Google is actively distributing surveillance and data-mining technology developed by Baidu, a Chinese ...
February 25, 2019
BY
Rex M. Lee
Smartphone App Users Are Data-Mined Even When Not Using the Apps
Commentary A recent article in the Wall Street Journal, “Apple Bans App Used by Facebook in Escalating Privacy ...
February 13, 2019
BY
Rex M. Lee
Do You Have a Right to Be Forgotten in a Digital World?
With digital privacy, it’s you against some of the biggest and most powerful companies in the world. Guess ...
January 24, 2019
BY
James Gorrie
Apple’s CES Privacy Claim Is Misleading
Commentary Apple is taking advantage of the fact that the general public does not understand the company’s surveillance ...
January 11, 2019
BY
Rex M. Lee
Facebook and Google Congressional Hearings: Meaningless Resolve and Phony Apologies
Commentary In 2018, I was offered the opportunity to share important information regarding surveillance and data-mining business practices ...
January 6, 2019
BY
Rex M. Lee
Google Distributes Surveillance Technology Developed by Chinese Company
Commentary This article is part of a series on corporate surveillance, highlighting civil liberty, privacy, cybersecurity, safety, and ...
December 19, 2018
BY
Rex M. Lee
Business Users of Smartphones May Be Breaking the Law
Commentary This article is part of a series on corporate surveillance, highlighting civil liberty, privacy, cybersecurity, safety, and ...
December 4, 2018
BY
Rex M. Lee
Smartphone Surveillance and Data-Mining: Who is Protecting Us?
Commentary This article is part of a series on corporate surveillance highlighting civil liberty, privacy, cybersecurity, safety, and tech-product ...
November 5, 2018
BY
Rex M. Lee
When Smartphone Terms of Use Become Cyber-Enslavement Agreements
Commentary This article is part of a series on corporate surveillance highlighting civil liberty, privacy, cyber security, safety, and ...
October 23, 2018
BY
Rex M. Lee
John McAfee on the Erosion of Privacy and Freedom
NEW YORK—John McAfee, who created the world's first antivirus computer program, VirusScan, in 1987, and became a news ...
November 24, 2016
BY
Joshua Philipp
A City Thrives on Connectedness but Access All Hours Makes Privacy a Problem
Cities are complex systems, some may even say messy systems.
November 23, 2015
BY
Stephan Winter
Twitter Disables Network of Websites That Track Deleted Tweets From Politicians
Twitter has disabled a group of websites that archived deleted tweets from politicians and diplomats worldwide. The Open ...
August 24, 2015
BY
Jonathan Zhou
TOP NEWS
Trump on Iran Conflict: Troops Staying Until ‘We Have a Completion’
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T.J. Muscaro
Iran Launches First Missiles at Israel Since Ceasefire Agreement
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Jacki Thrapp
Israel Strikes Beirut Days After US-Supported Ceasefire Announcement
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Jack Phillips
Former Utah Attorney General Fights the Evil That Lurks in Quiet Places
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US Forces Shoot Down 2 Iranian Drones as Pakistani Interior Minister Visits Tehran
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Jacki Thrapp
US Won’t Unfreeze Iran’s Assets Before Peace Deal Is Reached, Trump Says
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Jacki Thrapp
Fascia: The Living, Interconnected Web Behind Movement and Healing—How to Enhance Its Function
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Mercura Wang
Eli Lilly Poised to Suspend Drug Discounts to Large Hospitals
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Lawrence Wilson
US Bankruptcy Filings Increase 7 Percent Yearly
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Naveen Athrappully
Treasury Department Seeks to Redirect Iranian Assets to Gulf Nations for War Damages
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Melanie Sun