Tag: data privacy

How Secure Are Your IoT Devices?

As soon as smartphones became a staple of modern-day life, the rise of Internet of Things (IoT) devices became inevitable. The ability to collect useful...

ACMA launches investigation into Optus data breach

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) told telecommunications service provider Singtel Optus Pty Limited (Optus) that it has launched a formal investigation into the...

Privacy commissioner issues warning to personal data holders

In light of the federal government’s warning that the effects of the Optus cyberattack will last for a very long time, Australia’s privacy commissioner has...

Twitter Inc’s deposition of Musk moved closer to buyout trial

Ten days before a trial over his attempt to back out of the $US44 billion ($A68 billion) buyout, Elon Musk’s deposition by Twitter Inc. lawyers...

Optus to cover cost of new licences for breach victims

Australians affected by the major Optus data leak will be allowed to change their license numbers and acquire new cards, with the telecom anticipated to...

AFP investigates Optus data breach; Lawyers look into filing class action

The breach of millions of Optus customers’ personal data has become the subject of a federal police investigation. Operation Hurricane has been established by the...

ACCC fears over Optus customers’ exposure to cybercrimes

The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) has expressed concern that cybercriminals may have access to enough data to steal the identities of millions of...

Twitter has weak cyber defences: ex-security head

The ex-security chief of Twitter testified before the US Congress that the bird app is plagued with weak cyber defences that leave it open to...

Instagram post may have led to rapper’s death

Police believe an Instagram post may have given the assailant information about the rapper PnB Rock’s whereabouts, which led to the robbery and subsequent shooting...

Google ordered to pay $60m for misleading data collection policy

Google has agreed to pay $60 million in penalties flowing from a long-running court fight with the Australian competition watchdog over the tech giant misleading...

US says TikTok can’t be trusted with user data. Should Aussies be worried?

When English statesman Sir Francis Bacon famously said “knowledge is power”, he could hardly have foreseen the rise of ubiquitous social media some 500 years...

Cyber Security Minister warns about TikTok data collection

Minister for Cyber Security Clare O’Neil warned Australians to be careful with providing personal information to social media companies after TikTok revealed that local user...

TikTok puts privacy policy changes on hold amid regulatory review 

A day before they were set to go into effect, TikTok paused modifications to its privacy policy for targeted advertising as the lead European Union...

Kmart and Bunnings’s face recognition tech spark investigation

Two major Australian retailers are being investigated by the privacy watchdog for their use of face recognition technology in stores. Kmart and Bunnings will be...

Meta takes action against Facebook and Instagram data scrapers

Meta has filed separate lawsuits against a company and an individual for scraping data from Facebook and Instagram. The first lawsuit is against Octopus, a...

Australians growing wary of data misuse post COVID

Australians are growing wary of how governments and institutions are using and storing their private data after more than a year of using QR codes...