The privacy watchdog is conducting initial inquiries into the latest Facebook data leak which exposed the personal information of 553 million users, including 7.3 million Australians. A user in...
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New laws that “fundamentally change” the way the federal government handles the personal data of Australians will have “enormous consequences” for individual privacy, civil and digital rights groups have...
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The federal government is preparing to launch an NDIS app within months, amid concerns raised by former NDIS Technology Authority chief Marie Johnson that experimentations with new technologies through...
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Industry and professional groups are confident the local technology sector will not be lost in Monday’s cabinet reshuffle, which saw Karen Andrews elevated from the Industry portfolio to Home...
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Applications are now open for grants for blockchain projects that demonstrate how the technology can reduce compliance costs for business. The Industry department will administer funding of up to...
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In an era where technology and the proliferation of data is creating valuable insights for businesses and consumers to understand the world around them, our visibility of government remains...
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There is a lack of ethics and oversight in the government’s experimentation with new technologies through the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) that could lead to significant human rights...
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Home-grown digital experience platform leader Squiz has invested tens of millions of dollars in recent years building out its enterprise transformation products, and restructured in 2020 to put the...
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Two years after promising “tough” new penalties for data breaches, the government is still yet to actually introduce the reforms, despite acknowledging at the time that the current scheme...
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The Australian Medical Association has sounded the alarm over the federal government’s flagship new data-sharing scheme, warning there are no minimum privacy protections and that private health information could...
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Earlier this year IP Australia rejected a patent application from Dabus. The problem: Dabus is not human, it is artificial artificial intelligence software that had come up with something...
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Australia’s corporate sector faces uncertainty and increased risk this week after the federal government failed to pass amendments that would confirm companies’ right to hold virtual-only meetings and to...
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The Online Safety Bill will not be passed by Parliament until May at the earliest, despite the rushed process behind the federal government’s controversial legislation. The Online Safety Bill,...
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The federal government plan to crackdown on foreign research collaboration on emerging technologies is a “dangerous development” that risks holding back burgeoning sectors such as artificial intelligence, UNSW Professor...