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To augment information about you that it collects directly, the US Government is buying less-regulated information harvested by cameras, cellphones and apps and sold on the commercial data market.
A privacy researcher breaks down how your phone reveals your location, how that data is collected and sold, and how the government gets ahold of it – by simply buying it.
What happens next when your data is leaked in a data breach like the one at Qantas? Cyber criminals have creative ways to get what they want.
A new ACCC report shows 74% of Australians are uncomfortable with their personal data being shared or sold. Yet this is happening every day, and the privacy law isn’t being enforced.
The dangers posed by the largely unregulated commercial data market prompted the Biden administration to try to prevent adversarial countries from exploiting Americans’ sensitive personal data.
We’re being tracked, targeted and profiled by businesses and data brokers. A new report on consumer data handling shows we need an urgent update of privacy laws.
It’s no surprise that corporations harvest vast amounts of data about people, but documents in an FTC lawsuit detail the stunning amount that data brokers know about you and everyone else.
Cars can collect data via cameras, microphones, sensors, and connected phones and apps. Our privacy laws need urgent reform if these data are to be kept safe.
The terms of the Australian Privacy Principle 3.6 are quite clear. So why is there not a single published case of this law being enforced?
There is no major online marketplace operating in Australia that sets a commendable standard for respecting consumers’ data privacy. Letting customers opt out of data tracking would be a good start.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice; Lead, UNSW Public Interest Law & Tech Initiative, UNSW
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Affiliated Faculty Member, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, Penn State
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Associate Professor, Dept of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University
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Professor of Information, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Research Fellow, Deakin Cyber Research and Innovation Centre, Deakin University
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Director, RMIT FORWARD, Centre for Future Skills and Workforce Transformation, RMIT University
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Student, Social and Cultural Analysis, Concordia University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Winnipeg