Companies say they make user data "anonymous" before they share or sell it to a third party. But is that even possible?
Privacy laws aren’t being enforced, and there’s a tiny budget to do the job.
Why on earth do they need so much information about you?
Could 2018 finally be the watershed year, when the narrative shifts against the surveillance economy?
Take control of your digital hygiene, in the same way that you would take control over your health, or your savings, or your right to vote.
Your movements often reveal your buying habits. Which is why companies follow you around and use that information to try to sell you stuff.
So-called “session replay scripts” not only record everything you type, they track every mouse movement, and even what you’re looking at on the web — including personal information.
If you think that Optus just provides telephony and internet services, think again. They’re also selling their customers.
Online surveillance is driven by a single commercial imperative: to gather data and sell it to advertisers.
Australian political parties collect vast troves of data about voters, and they're legally entitled to do so.
Stories abound of people who mentioned a subject while their phone was sitting idle, then got bombarded with online ads about that subject.
A new Crikey series, edited by technology writer Stilgherrian.
Australians are deeply worried about how their personal data is used by online companies -- but struggle to know how to protect themselves, polling from Roy Morgan shows.
Location-based advertising companies lurk in the background, collecting data about us from wherever (and whomever) they can get it.
From "beacons" to "probabilistic matching", this is the language of the surveillance economy, compiled by Chris Woods.
Google and Facebook hook you into their vast data collection and advertising networks when you press ACCEPT.
How do websites and apps make you buy or sign up for things that you didn't mean to? It’s duplicitous, but all too easy.
What does that fine print really mean? We dig into the big companies' privacy policies to find out.