Tag: Privacy

The silence on tech policy is setting off alarm bells

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Days out from a federal election and almost nothing has been uttered on tech policy in a month-long campaign, with political leaders overlooking or undercooking transformative issues like artificial...

Privacy watchdog beefed up for enforcement action

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s privacy regulator scored a $14 million boost in Tuesday’s Budget as it attempts to reduce a backlog of cases while also overseeing the government’s fledgling Digital ID system...

Privacy watchdog loses 30pc of staff

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s privacy watchdog has lost more than 30 per cent of its workforce in less than six months thanks to a budget cut that has triggered morale issues among...

Enforcing the social media age ban will cost $50m

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government will spend more than $50 million enforcing Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s over the next four years, as it steps up its oversight of...

Privacy reform analysis ‘hidden under a rock’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Key analysis of the impact of sweeping changes to privacy law won’t be released by the government, which has invoked a blanket protection to keep it hidden as the...