April 19, 2016
The phone hacking scandal in the UK, with the News of the World being the biggest offender, has had a seismic effect on regulation, not to mention giving the law of privacy a kick a long. The scandal Read the rest of this entry »
April 15, 2016
It is hardly news to those who practice in the area that many Australian organisations generally place data security and privacy well down the priority list. That is partly, and significantly, because Read the rest of this entry »
April 10, 2016
Revenge porn has, until recently, followed an invariable fact situation; female partner breaks up with male partner and the male ex uploads intimate photographs/video of the female ex onto one of the many potential platforms on the internet, including Read the rest of this entry »
April 7, 2016
The new E health records system is attracting considerable attention…of the unwanted kind as the model switches from an opt in to an opt out system. The latest development is the poor data security in the Read the rest of this entry »
March 31, 2016
Here is a case that can be served up to the Privacy Commissioner without the need for garnish. The Age reports in More than a million Menulog customers’ private data at risk of theft that someone logging into the Menulog website can access and view names and email addresses of 1.1 customers when the permitted access was only to the customers of that person (or the company). The defensive and inadequate response of Menulog when this problem was brought to its attention highlights Read the rest of this entry »
The BBC reports in Sex worker caught by ‘drone vigilante’ pleads guilty that in Oklahoma a citizen used his drone to film an act of prostitution, in a parked vehicle, which resulted in the successful prosecution of hte prostitute. Given the development of the technology it is hardly surprising that it could be put to this use. The privacy issues are Read the rest of this entry »
March 30, 2016
Apps are notorious for being a weak links in an organisations cyber security structure. Commonly there is no privacy by design incorporated into an app. The emphasis is Read the rest of this entry »
March 28, 2016
Protection of personal information by health organisations and health services is, counter intuitively, quite dreadful.
In Australia the e health records system is governed by the My Health Records Act 2012. The Government earlier this month Read the rest of this entry »
March 23, 2016
The South Australian Law Reform Institute has produced it Final Report calling for, amongst its 34 recommendations, a statutory right of privacy. The 195 page report is found here.
This is yet another Read the rest of this entry »
The Hulk Hogan case stands at a judgement of $115 million with punitive damages of $25 million from Gawker for publishing a video of Hogan having sex with his friends wife in 2006. An appeal is Read the rest of this entry »