The Good Guys will “pause” its use of facial recognition technology following an investigation and subsequent complaint to the privacy regulator by a consumer group. But Bunnings and Kmart...
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The Queensland state government is considering a mandatory data breach notification scheme among several privacy and information sharing reforms in the works. The scheme would force agencies to report...
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The Western Australian Innovation and ICT Minister Stephen Dawson says the state needs at least 3,000 additional data scientists by 2030 to ensure the state’s economy remains globally competitive....
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The former head of the OECD’s blockchain policy centre says crypto regulation will arrive quickly in Australia over the next year and the industry must share their data with...
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Australia’s largest accredited data recipient under the Consumer Data Right scheme has backed the regulator’s warning that it intends to take enforcement action to ensure compliance if the banks...
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Services Australia’s contracts with Canberra Data Centre have now passed $300 million after updates published in recent weeks revealed a massive increase which had not been reported by the...
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Australia’s privacy watchdog will likely investigate Bunnings, Kmart and The Good Guys after a consumer group uncovered the retailers’ use of facial recognition technology on customers. It comes after...
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A class action lawsuit will potentially be launched following the breach of an NDIS third party client management system which saw a “large volume” of highly sensitive health data...
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A review has been launched into the Big Tech misinformation code a year after it came into effect, but the global giants have already flagged they are likely to...
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Global giant Microsoft has walked away from negotiations with the Office of National Intelligence for the provision of a Top Secret private cloud service after more than a year...
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The “large volume” of data leaked onto the dark web following a breach of a third party NDIS client management system includes “extremely volatile information” that is as sensitive...
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The world’s first diamond-based quantum accelerator has been installed at the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre in Western Australia after more than a year of development by German-Australian deep tech...
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A “large volume” of highly sensitive health data has been compromised as part of a hack of a cloud-based client management system for NDIS service providers, with a sample...
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A number of Big Tech firms have released their latest reports under Australia’s voluntary misinformation code as they face looming further regulation on the issue. The Australian Code of...