Tag: Consumer Policy Research Centre

Tech sector balks at unfair trading practice bill

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
An alliance of consumer groups and the regulator on Tuesday urged the Parliament to pass new laws to make unfair trading practices and certain dark patterns illegal, after business...

Australians bear soaring cost of managing online privacy

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Lax privacy and data laws mean Australians need to spend more than two minutes to adjust privacy settings on individual websites and apps, compared to just three seconds for...

Data protection lags data rights

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The potential benefits of Australian government open data initiatives are being overshadowed by a lack of adequate protections and security, a new report has found. The Consumer Policy Research...