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	<title>Peter A Clarke</title>
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		<title>Facebook, Timeline and privacy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Facebook and privacy have not had a good or longstanding relationship. With Timeline there is another potential privacy problem.  On PM last night the implications were discussed.  Here is the transcript: MARK COLVIN: With billions of users all over the globe, social media sites like Twitter and Facebook now affect the lives of an awful [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peteraclarke.com.au/2012/02/01/facebook-timeline-and-privacy-2/</link>
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		<title>Article on privacy policies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s Sydney Morning Herald there is an interesting article on privacy policies. It provides: In the spring of 2010, thousands of online customers clicked on the terms of service at Gamestation.co.uk and unwittingly sold their souls. As an April Fool&#8217;s prank, the British gaming retailer slipped an &#8220;immortal soul clause&#8221; into its licence agreement, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peteraclarke.com.au/2012/01/31/article-on-privacy-policies/</link>
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		<title>Sections 288 and 49A of the Privacy Act commences today.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Privacy breaches in relation to the Personal Property Securities Register The Personal Property Securities Register (PPS Register) established under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (PPS Act) commences today. The PPS Act confers new functions on the Australian Information Commissioner in relation to personal information contained on the PPS Register. • Section 28B provides [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peteraclarke.com.au/2012/01/30/sections-288-and-49a-of-the-privacy-act-commences-today/</link>
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		<title>Google and privacy &#8211; the US acts on suspect privacy behaviour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States Government has reacted strongly to reports about Google&#8217;s suspect privacy policy.  In today&#8217;s Australian article US lawmakers demand answers on Google&#8217;s new privacy policy. The problem arising out of Google and Facebook&#8217;s (see Sorry, friends) approach to privacy is that there is no real commitment to a right to privacy.  That is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peteraclarke.com.au/2012/01/27/google-and-privacy-the-us-acts-on-suspect-privacy-behaviour/</link>
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		<title>common law right for invasion of personal privacy, Ontario Court of Appeal: Jones v. Tsige, 2012 ONCA 32 (CanLII)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Court of Appeal for Ontario in Jones v Tsige has by unanimous decision found there is a cause of action for the invasion of personal privacy . &#160; FACTS Jones and Tsige worked at different branches of the Bank of Montreal (“BMO”). Jones maintained her primary bank account there.  While Jones and Tsige did [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peteraclarke.com.au/2012/01/26/common-law-right-for-invasion-of-personal-privacy-ontario-court-of-appeal-jones-v-tsige-2012-onca-32-canlii/</link>
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		<title>Privacy breach online; 100,000 Grindr users</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Love online: 100,000 Grindr users exposed in hack attack, there is yet another report of a privacy breach on line. The article provides: A popular &#8220;meat-market&#8221; smartphone app that spawned a sexual revolution in Australia&#8217;s gay community has been compromised by a Sydney hacker, potentially exposing intimate personal chats, explicit photos and private information [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peteraclarke.com.au/2012/01/20/privacy-breach-online-100000-grindr-users/</link>
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		<title>Breach of privacy in New South Wales</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent story in the Sydney Morning Herald, Sex, lies and a phone video, reported a story about an egregious breach of  privacy. The story provides: HE CLAIMED the mobile phone recording of a tryst was just something to remember her by. But when Cameron Trevail&#8217;s attempts to keep his two-year relationship alive failed, he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peteraclarke.com.au/2012/01/16/breach-of-privacy-in-new-south-wales/</link>
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		<title>Access to personal information Law, National Privacy Principle 6.1 and 6.7,  Schedule 3 Privacy Act 1988: S and Telecommunication Company [2011] AICmrCN 13 (22 December 2011)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In S and Telecommunication Company the Information Commissioner considered the operation of NPP 6.1 and 6.7. FACTS As with all determinations and case notes the facts are, at best, sketchy.  The complainant attempted to access personal information held by a telecommunication company, which they believed included correspondence to a law enforcement agency. The telecommunication company [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peteraclarke.com.au/2012/01/12/access-to-personal-information-law-national-privacy-principle-6-1-and-6-7-schedule-3-privacy-act-1988-s-and-telecommunication-company-2011-aicmrcn-13-22-december-2011/</link>
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		<title>Contract, repudiation by purchaser, entitlement to repayment of deposit less damages incurred by vendor ,whether relief against forfeiture in equity, appeal from Magistrates’ Court  &amp; whether competent to raise question of law not raised at trial: Fiorelli Properties Pty Ltd v Professional Fencemakers Pty Ltd &amp; Anor [2011] VSC 661 (16 December 2011)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Fiorelli Properties Pty Ltd v Professional Fencemakers Pty Ltd &#38; Anor Kaye J reviewed the law relating to deposits and  raising a legal point on appeal which was not agitated at trial. Facts The appellant (Fiorelli) engaged the first respondent (Professional Fence Makers) to build a fence and its property. Under the terms of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peteraclarke.com.au/2012/01/11/contract-repudiation-by-purchaser-entitlement-to-repayment-of-deposit-less-damages-incurred-by-vendor-%e2%80%93-whether-relief-against-forfeiture-in-equity-%e2%80%93-appeal-from-magistrates/</link>
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		<title>Article on Privacy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent opinion piece in the SMH, Privacy is about individual choice, online and off,  is quite thoughtful. It says: The New York Time&#8217;s Nick Bilton announced recently that &#8220;privacy is on its deathbed&#8221;. This prediction was prompted by the &#8220;creepy&#8221; ease with which he hunted down the identity of a girl with not much [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peteraclarke.com.au/2012/01/09/article-on-privacy/</link>
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