Details of Amazon delivery drones are revealed in US Patent Office application
May 10, 2015
The US Patent Office has made public patent application 20150120094, Unmanned Aerial Delivery System. It was filed in Read the rest of this entry »
Privacy Commissioner releases drafts on Privacy Complaint handling process, determinations and injunctions
May 7, 2015
The Privacy Commissioner has released the last tranche of draft guides:
- Chapter 2 – Privacy Complaint handling process,
- Chapter 5 – Determinations,
- Chapter 6 – Injunctions.
The draft chapters are open for consultation until Read the rest of this entry »
Organisations struggling with privacy policies and handling privacy complaints
May 5, 2015
That proper compliance with the Privacy Act 1988 is a news item seems strange to anyone with an interest in the field. With the possible exception of sectors where privacy sensitivity has always been a priority and reputational damage is a real concern, such as finance and banking, privacy compliance is generally Read the rest of this entry »
Ben Grubb v Telstra Corporation Ltd [2015] AICmr: access to personal information, meta data, Privacy Act 1988
The Privacy Commissioner has found that Telstra Corporation Ltd (“Telstra”) has breached National Privacy Principle 6.1 in failing to provide to the applicant, Ben Grubb (“Grubb”) access to his personal information in Ben Grubb v Telstra Corporation Limited [2015] AICmr 35.
FACTS
On 15 June 2013 Grubb sought access Read the rest of this entry »
Privacy Commissioner issues Privacy Business Resource on protection of customer’s information
May 4, 2015
First the quiet then the storm. As part of the deluge of guides, announcements, reports and a decision released today is a Privacy Business Resource on protection customer information, found here.
It breaks no new ground. It doesn’t have to. Following the biblical precedent the Commissioner has listed 10 (not 9 or 11) tips to protect personal information. Good and solid advice, as Read the rest of this entry »
Privacy Commissioner finds problems with privacy policies asssessed
The Privacy Commissioner has released his findings on assessment of the privacy policies of 20 large organisations/agencies in Privacy policies still have room for improvement. He identified the 20 organisations/agencies but did not specify the deficiencies in Read the rest of this entry »
Foreign Affairs article on Drones.
April 29, 2015
The most recent edition of Foreign Affairs has an interesting essay on Drone technology, appropriately titled Drone On. It is something of a Jeremiad on the the US Federal Aviation Authority with the theme being that its regulations are too restrictive for the commercial use of drones. There is Read the rest of this entry »
Settlement of claims arising out of data breaches
Class actions relating to data breaches is straightforward in the United States. In light of the very significant data breaches, usually caused by a company’s poor data handling practices, they are becoming quite common. The Privacy Act provides for an individual taking action seeking compensation, in the Federal or Federal Circuit Court under the Privacy Act provided Read the rest of this entry »
Potentially more assertive privacy enforcement in the future in Australia predicts direct marketing body
April 28, 2015
Since the amendments to the Privacy Act took effect on 12 March 2014 there has been some Read the rest of this entry »
US Supreme Court to consider whether online search service should face class action for placing incorrect information
In US the courts are quite reluctant to award general damages Read the rest of this entry »