Tag: Cambridge Analytica

Privacy chief takes Facebook to Federal Court

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Social network giant Facebook is facing the prospect of fines of more than $1 billion in Australia in relation to privacy breaches that date back six years to the...

Digital identity: The time is now

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia is on the precipice of getting digital identity right. After various attempts at one identity to rule them all with efforts such as MyGov, the rise of open...

Consent and ID after Cambridge

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Cambridge Analytica scandal, where the Facebook histories and personal records of more than 87 million people were extracted and used potentially for political influence, underscores a critical concept...

Privacy office at breaking point

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian government’s national data authority is facing “unprecedented challenges” following recent global data controversies and the commencement of the data breach notification laws, while its resources are “stretched...