We publish here privacy news that may be worth attention.
Kashmir Hill: facial recognition software
November 19, 2023
Broadening the Privacy Act’s notification rules
September 1, 2022
Smart speed cameras could be in use within months
August 16, 2022
Amazon Can’t Pause Battle With Student Over Facial Recognition
August 13, 2022
Europe staves off Facebook blackout — for now
August 13, 2022
Big Tech cries foul over EU cloud-security label
June 16, 2022
Someone broke into Auckland Central Police station?
June 8, 2022
Govt’s data ethics panel missing in action
May 9, 2022
Elon Musk’s Twitter Buy Exposes a Privacy Minefield
April 28, 2022
The Streets Have Eyes
April 20, 2022
FTC Rulemaking Petition to Prohibit Surveillance Advertising
January 27, 2022
Clearview AI breached Australians’ privacy
November 14, 2021
Algorithmic tracking is ‘damaging mental health’ of UK workers
November 14, 2021
Clearview AI breached Australians’ privacy
November 4, 2021
China’s draft algorithm regulations: A first for consumer privacy
October 14, 2021
Irish DPC WhatsApp decision: What do you need to know?
October 5, 2021
When you ‘Ask app not to track,’ some iPhone apps keep snooping anyway
September 25, 2021
China’s key enforcement agencies and lessons learned from recent actions
September 1, 2021
Data protection ‘shake-up’ takes aim at cookie pop-ups
August 27, 2021
From 9 to 5 Freightways job to founding vetting startup
August 9, 2021
Dark patterns – a new frontier in privacy regulation
August 2, 2021
ACLU to FOIA information about national security uses of AI
March 30, 2021
Getting on the front foot with vaccination passport
March 4, 2021
Bluetooth Tracing and Covid-19 App: is this privacy safe?
December 10, 2020
‘Regulation gap’ for facial recognition technology, law expert says
December 5, 2020
Model contract clauses for sending personal information overseas
November 20, 2020
US government launches landmark antitrust case against Google
October 21, 2020
China unveils first law on personal data protection
October 15, 2020
Facial recognition deal opens access to public and private parties
October 12, 2020
Why Contact-Tracing Apps Haven’t Slowed Covid-19 in the US
October 5, 2020
Facebook suffers blow in Australia legal fight over Cambridge Analytica
September 15, 2020
Uber Drivers Sue to Gain Access to its Secret Algorithms
July 24, 2020
How to Keep Uninvited Guests Out of Your Zoom Event
April 6, 2020
The power of data in a pandemic
April 1, 2020
The Value and Ethics of Using Phone Data to Monitor Covid-19
March 21, 2020
No, Facebook’s is not telling you everything
February 26, 2020
The trouble with Clearview AI, how your website watches you
February 24, 2020
ACCC finally finalises Consumer Data Right rules
February 6, 2020
Surveillance fears over plans to put sensors in state houses
December 18, 2019
How the West Got China’s Social Credit System Wrong
August 20, 2019
Privacy Bill Passes its Second Reading
August 9, 2019
Privacy Good Research Fund
August 1, 2019
FTC fines Facebook historic $5B for privacy violations
July 25, 2019
Justice Committee Report on the Privacy Bill
March 13, 2019
Patient documents missing, reportedly lost in ‘a gust of wind’
February 28, 2019
Digital platforms inquiry: Preliminary report
February 19, 2019
“Data Portability” is coming to Australia
February 19, 2019
Law Commission calls for submissions on DNA collection rules
February 11, 2019
Finns take first steps towards European Health Record
January 30, 2019
Australia’s encryption law threatens NZ cloud data
December 19, 2018
The law that lets Europeans take back their data from big tech companies
November 13, 2018
How Government algorithms are judging you
November 13, 2018
Public Make Submissions on Privacy Bill
July 12, 2018
Curran: Google, Facebook ‘experimenting’ on us
June 4, 2018
How Peter Thiel’s Secretive Data Company Pushed Into Policing
August 20, 2017
How Privacy Became a Commodity for the Rich and Powerful
June 20, 2017
Next steps on individual client level data
May 26, 2017
Privacy Commissioner releases 2016 credit assurance reports
March 23, 2017