February 18, 2016
In B J Bearings Pty Ltd v Whitehead [2016] VSC 44 Hargrave J considered an application for preliminary discovery and set out the applicable principles. It is a useful Read the rest of this entry »
February 15, 2016
It is a truism that the resources sector is an early adopter of technology, particularly that of Read the rest of this entry »
The Information Commissioner has produced a very useful guide relating to IT security. It is Read the rest of this entry »
February 13, 2016
The internet of things is changing the way children use their toys. Ten years ago toys were overwhelmingly self contained objects, even the electronic ones. The extent to which they were interactive was confined to basic voice recognition features and rudimentary command responses. Of course a huge number of toys remain “old school”; Lego, matchbox cars and the ubiquitous teddy bears. But many are now Read the rest of this entry »
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 »
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.
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 »
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 »
January 31, 2016
The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) in its report Big Data Threat Landscape and Good Practice Guide has signalled Read the rest of this entry »
Sometimes the figures are so staggering that one has to pause and ask, is that right? Or even possible?!?
One of those moments came Read the rest of this entry »
It is something of a myth that there are no privacy protections in the USA. At the Federal level there are protections but the regulations are narrow and sectorally focused. There is a permissiveness in the sale of data which undermines basic privacy protections.
At a state level however there are far greater privacy protective regulations. Often times when the Federal Government dawdles the States step in to fill the gaps. This is exemplified in New Mexico passing laws to clarify when police need a warrant to search phones and computers while the Vermont Senate has passed a bill to enhance electronic privacy. And now some States are legislating in unison, with the coordination of the ACLU, to enhance protections as reported in New privacy bills to hinder data collection could affect 100M Americans and Wired in 5 Things Congress Should Learn From New State Privacy Bills looks at what the States are doing to provide protections. The Wire article provides:
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