Today
- Exclusive
- Fintech
CBA beats government to start-up opportunity from data breach scandals
Commonwealth Bank has a new app launching on Tuesday to warn citizens when their identity documents are in the wrong hands.
- Paul Smith
Yesterday
How your electric car is watching your every move
Electric vehicle makers are among the worst offenders when it comes to protecting the personal data of their customers, and Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind is worried about it.
- Tom Burton
This Month
Ransomware group claims attack on valuer HTW
In a post on the dark web, Black Suit says it has obtained 20 gigabytes of the valuation firm’s customer and transaction data.
- Michael Bleby
April
Don’t want your kid to end up as a deepfake? Keep their face offline
The rise of AI has created new anxieties about how an innocent photo could be manipulated, so “sharenting” is out and privacy is in.
- Fortesa Latifi
March
- Exclusive
- Gadgets
Smart home gadget sales rise despite privacy, cost-of-living worries
New data shows almost three-quarters of Australian households now have at least one connected device. But that doesn’t mean we trust them.
- John Davidson
January
- Opinion
- Cameras
Meta’s new face camera heralds a new age of surveillance
No one – not even my editor, who was aware I was writing this column – could tell it apart from ordinary glasses.
- Brian X. Chen
December 2023
Privacy watchdog launches inquiry into TikTok’s data collection
The Australian Information Commissioner is scrutinising the company amid claims it has been scraping data without consent from people who don’t even have its app.
- Dominic Giannini
Keystroke-tracking tech leaves privacy rules out of date: new watchdog
Rapid changes in artificial intelligence and biometrics are making current laws out of date says Australia’s next privacy commissioner, Carly Kind.
- Tom Burton
November 2023
Sexual health and fertility details leaked in ACL data breach
ASX-listed pathology provider Australian Clinical Labs faces potentially millions of dollars in fines for failing to protect sensitive financial and health data.
- Paul Smith
The woman at the heart of your data protection
Amid rapid technology change, federal privacy and information commissioner Angelene Falk has had to learn how to anticipate the harmful effects on consumers.
- Tom Burton
This app lets parents track teens - and 1.7m Aussies have signed up
ASX-listed Life360 expects a big revenue boost in Australia when it rolls out its full membership offering in locally next year.
- Tess Bennett
October 2023
How Clearview AI unleashed a global dystopia
A young Australian tech entrepreneur is among the shadowy figures in a new book on the creeping privacy threat of facial recognition by artificial intelligence.
- Sophie McBain
September 2023
Government adds new privacy rules for 2.3m small businesses
The government says the exemption under the Privacy Act for small businesses should be removed
- Michael Pelly
Baby monitors are the front line for new digital safety rules
Major software vendors are to be made responsible for cyber and privacy security of their products as part of major shift in strategy to stop consumers having to bear the brunt of poorly written code.
- Tom Burton
August 2023
Big tech urges government to go slow on AI rules
Australian businesses already have laws governing AI. What they need is guidance on how to apply those laws, companies such as Apple, Google and Meta say.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Opinion
Understanding unsexy law reform could turn you into a business superstar
With privacy law reform imminent, executives who seize the opportunity to take proactive measures today will set themselves up to be hailed as heroes.
- Adam Barty
- Exclusive
- AI
Atlassian says you should be told when you’re talking to an AI bot
Australia’s biggest enterprise software company also says the country should adopt a three-tiered approach to regulating AI, with harms ranked as red, amber or green.
- John Davidson
Companies ripping off our personal data: survey
A major survey has revealed Australians feel helpless to stop breaches of their privacy and back legislative reform to get businesses and government to do more.
- Tom Burton
June 2023
- Exclusive
- Tech crackdown
Big tech backs privacy reform but warns against too much consent
Tech giants have warned that changes to the Privacy Act could create shifts in the viability of digital advertising and ad-supported free digital services.
- John Davidson
Prince Harry wraps up gruelling court battle over phone hacking claims
Harry is suing a number of newspapers, alleging that the tabloids used unlawful means to target him since he was a child.
- Stephen Castle and Megan Specia
