privacy
WA Health criticised over Covid-19 data management
Audit finds insufficient protections in PHOCOS.
May 19 2022 11:50AM
'Big tech' data harvesting comes under fire by world central bank group
Customers should get more control over personal info.
May 6 2022 6:32AM
India mandates data breach notification within six hours
Also requires VPN customer registration.
May 2 2022 12:13PM
Videoconferencing apps can access muted mics
Webex tweaked to stop collecting audio from muted users.
Apr 20 2022 6:43AM
Tasmanians to get a single government identifier
With the arrival of myServiceTas portal.
Apr 12 2022 6:09AM
Victoria installing Zscaler on students' personal devices to monitor traffic
Packet inspection extended to BYOD.
Apr 4 2022 6:30AM
Google rolling out age verification on YouTube, Play Store in Australia
May request ID or credit card be uploaded.
Mar 17 2022 3:14PM
Ombudsman says agencies still break data interception laws
Police and regulators need to improve their act.
Feb 25 2022 11:49AM
ANZ fears privacy reforms could lead to increased surveillance
Wants singling out removed from proposed changes.
Feb 24 2022 7:00AM
EU rules take aim at illegal data transfer to non-EU governments
Legislation offered to protect big tech customer data.
Feb 24 2022 6:51AM
Google, Meta push back against changes to privacy laws
Meta said consumers prefer to pay with their data than their wallets.
Feb 23 2022 7:15AM
Australian gov data breach numbers slip out of public view
In latest OAIC report.
Feb 22 2022 1:26PM
Services Australia braces for ‘wholesale’ IT changes from privacy review
"Significant concern" over lead time, cost.
Feb 21 2022 11:48AM
ABC iView registration is back, and so are privacy concerns
Facebook, Google queue up for hashed user e-mail addresses.
Feb 18 2022 11:15AM
Banks say they should not be treated like Big Tech by online privacy bill
The online privacy bill could force banks to abide by stricter privacy obligations.
Feb 17 2022 12:00PM
Azure misconfiguration exposed ISOC members' info
No malicious instances of access uncovered.
Feb 16 2022 9:27AM
Border Force defends temporary phone seizures at checkpoints
And the ABF will probably do it again.
Feb 16 2022 8:09AM
French watchdog says Google Analytics poses privacy risks
Users' data could be accessed by US intelligence.
Feb 11 2022 6:45AM
Facebook should tighten doxxing rules on home addresses
Says its oversight board.
Feb 9 2022 6:47AM
Australian telcos in line for classified threat intelligence briefings
Recommendation that spy agencies share more, and vice versa.
Feb 8 2022 12:35PM
