privacy
Meta and TikTok handed users' data to Aus authorities 3654 times last year
Relating to 5338 accounts.
May 31 2023 7:01AM
Meta to face record EU privacy fine
Over Facebook data transfer to US.
May 18 2023 11:53AM
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Latitude Financial faces first-ever joint A/NZ privacy investigation
After large-scale data breach.
May 10 2023 9:46AM
Australia to reinstate standalone privacy commissioner
Reverts OAIC to original structure.
May 3 2023 6:50AM
Rental apps collect too much tenant data: Choice
Charged to hand over personal information.
Apr 18 2023 11:42AM
Password-crackers and metadata used to check Centrelink users' relationship status
When suspected of falsely claiming single payments.
Apr 4 2023 12:05PM
Bug briefly exposed Service NSW data to other users
Dashboard issue lasted 100 minutes.
Apr 4 2023 11:13AM
UK mass action against Facebook over market dominance rejected
At least for now.
Feb 21 2023 6:57AM
Facebook investors want Cambridge Analytica fraud case revived
Request sent to appeals court.
Feb 10 2023 6:45AM
EU lawmakers' body agrees on safeguards against illegal data transfers
Consumer group welcomes proposed "dark pattern" ban.
Feb 10 2023 6:40AM
Image AIs shown to memorise training data
Serious privacy breaches possible, say researchers.
Feb 7 2023 6:42AM
SA Police asks for easier emergency access to geolocation data
Says attitudes to location data privacy have 'shifted if not evaporated'.
Jan 23 2023 6:30AM
Meta's WhatsApp fined 5.5 million euro by privacy regulator
Ireland's DPC finds another breach.
Jan 20 2023 12:32PM
AGL builds consumer data right platform on Microsoft cloud
Contemplates seeking data recipient status.
Jan 9 2023 5:21PM
FTC deepens probe into Twitter's privacy, security practices
Former executives questioned.
Dec 21 2022 8:36AM
Microsoft to roll out ‘data boundary’ for EU customers
Keeping data within Europe from January 1.
Dec 16 2022 7:30AM
Australian Federal Court dismisses suit against Google
Consumers not misled about personal data use.
Dec 12 2022 6:26AM
Telstra blames privacy breach on 'database misalignment'
Published details of unlisted customers online.
Dec 10 2022 10:17PM
Facebook fined $412 million over scraped profiles
Ireland's privacy regulator has 13 more investigations to go.
Nov 29 2022 12:00PM
Gov's new privacy breach penalties pass parliament
With only minor wording change.
Nov 28 2022 5:57PM
