privacy
Personal data concerns stymie digital health initiatives
Coupled with lengthy registration processes.
Feb 26 2020 6:26AM
Qld police get new powers to access cloud-based evidence
Parliament extends data access powers beyond physical devices.
Feb 21 2020 12:26PM
Google sued for collecting personal data of school children
New Mexico AG files second lawsuit against Google.
Feb 21 2020 12:15PM
EU to unveil plans to boost European firms, rein in US tech giants
Aimed at helping European companies exploit their industrial data.
Feb 19 2020 12:57PM
NAB sets up a global privacy office
Under remit of chief data officer.
Feb 17 2020 7:00AM
Google ordered to reveal identity of anonymous reviewer
Federal court rules in favour of Melbourne dentist.
Feb 14 2020 12:52PM
My Health Record de-identified data sharing plans pushed back
Basic governance not in place after two years.
Feb 14 2020 7:03AM
Data retention 'ambiguity' sees cops given web browsing histories
Telcos sometimes turning over full URLs in metadata requests.
Feb 7 2020 4:39PM
Canadian agency asks federal court to declare Facebook broke privacy law
Demands new consent measures for Facebook.
Feb 7 2020 1:08PM
Anti-virus maker Avast shutters data harvester Jumpshot
Privacy scandal news saw share price fall off a cliff.
Jan 31 2020 10:25AM
Config flub by Microsoft exposed millions of customer details
Nearly 250 million records visible on the web.
Jan 23 2020 11:20AM
Google CEO eyes major opportunity in healthcare, says will protect privacy
Most potential over the next five to 10 years for using artificial intelligence.
Jan 23 2020 7:00AM
DTA tries to shake off Australia's chequered digital ID past
Turns attention to marketing Govpass ahead of full launch.
Jan 20 2020 1:12PM
EU mulls five-year ban on facial recognition tech in public areas
To give it time to work out how to prevent abuses.
Jan 17 2020 1:18PM
WA's P&N Bank hit by data breach
"Non-sensitive" data from CRM accessed.
Jan 16 2020 11:15AM
Google cutting web cookies, ending lucrative tracking tool for advertisers
Tries to satisfy increased privacy demands from users.
Jan 15 2020 1:33PM
Home Affairs rejects claims anti-encryption laws conflict with US CLOUD Act
“No issues” that would prevent bilateral agreement.
Jan 14 2020 12:40PM
Businesses should control their B2B data, says EU commissioner
Prevent same exploitation seen with consumer data.
Jan 9 2020 9:49AM
ABS to weigh in on safe data access
Research paper slated for release early next year.
Dec 13 2019 11:24AM
Three states complete national face matching database upload
Driver's licence data from millions now in central system.
Dec 11 2019 1:25PM
