'You've been hacked': why data-breach reporting should be mandatory
By Mark A Gregory, RMIT University
In an age of Facebook, eBay and online banking, data privacy is becoming more important than ever before. The majority of Australians have personal information stored online with a range of organisations and companies – information we’d rather the whole world didn’t have access to.
Unlimited government and police control of the internet? There's no filter for that
By Mark A Gregory, RMIT University
Good news. A decision made earlier this month by Australia’s Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy may have inadvertently opened the door for unlimited government and police control of the internet.
On November 9, Senator Stephen Conroy said:
Can data breach notification laws survive the election?
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The Privacy Alerts Bill 2013 missed the cut during the last Senate sitting day and that means that the proposed move to make companies more responsible with customer data, sits in a legal limbo for now.
Ending the copyright witch-hunt
Kim Dotcom's new website, Mega, is set to spur on new anti-copyright measures. But is trying to stamp out piracy through litigation and legislation ultimately futile?
In the mad rush to appease movie and music companies, governments around the world have trodden on centuries of legal precedent and forced internet service providers to become unwilling proxies in what is a corporate law matter between copyright holders and pirates.
Facebook's privacy tightrope
Facebook may have killed off community voting on privacy policy but is it taking a big risk by not listening to its users?
Facebook is a commercial entity that is navigating a path fraught with danger with the multitude that inhabits the social network left exposed with a bullseye on their backs.
The next generation of digital assaults
Business Spectator 22 November 2012
Imagine trying to connect to the network and finding that you cannot. It’s a frightening scenario that could play out sooner than you think given the technologies being developed and deployed today.