Hackers attack release details of public servants in the US

February 9, 2016

There is a distinct subset of data breaches where the intention is to embarrass by posting personal information on line.  It is particularly embarrassing Read the rest of this entry »

Cato Brand Partners Pty Ltd v Air India Limited [2016] VSC 28 (5 February 2016) : statutory demand, Corporations Act Part 5.7

The Supreme Court, per Efthim As J, considered an application to set aside a statutory demand in Cato Brand Partners Pty Ltd v Air India Limited [2016] VSC 28.  The issue was bringing an application against a foreign corporate body and the application of foreign law in determining the applicable statute of limitations.

FACTS

In December 2009 the plaintiff’s chairman, Kenneth Willis Cato, travelled to India in December 2009 and February, April and June 2010 for meetings with representatives of the defendant.  An agreement was entered into on 2 June 2010 [3].

The plaintiff claims it was owed Read the rest of this entry »

Hacking of goods, the downside of the internet of things

February 8, 2016

The internet of things opens up particular data security and privacy issues.  The more interaction between the device and its user the more opportunities for a breach by a hacker.  And the usual entrepot is through the app.  Often developed without any concept of privacy by design and with the Read the rest of this entry »