Recently via a LinkedIn debate prompted by my My Health Record blog, I was asked a number of questions by people in the health and tech sectors, along the lines of whether or not the My Health Record’s ‘opt out’ approach is a valid consent (me: no, it’…
Archives for 2018
How to corrode your social licence in nine easy steps
A lesson from the Australian Government. Privacy missteps are eroding the public’s trust in the Government’s ability to achieve ambitious digital projects, and risking trust in the very notion of government itself. The corrosive effects of privacy deba…
Why you’ve been drafting your Privacy Policy all wrong
Sure, copy that privacy policy from your competitor … at your peril. Did you suffer a flurry of ‘We’ve updated our Privacy Policy’ emails recently, many from organisations you don’t even remember dealing with in the first place? Or have you been…
How do you solve a problem like Facebook?
How do you solve a problem like Facebook? How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?* By now we all know the story: Facebook allowed apps on its social media platform which enabled a shady outfit called Cambridge Analytica to scrape the profiles of 87 m…
Investing in Privacy: Does privacy need to be quantifiable to be valued?
On January 28, when many Australians were enjoying the last hurrah of summer holidays and getting the kids ready to go back to school, our northern hemisphere colleagues were celebrating International Data Privacy Day. A day to reflect on privacy chal…
Stormy seas ahead as TfNSW loses critical Opal Card privacy case
A new case challenging the design of a public transport ticketing system on privacy grounds has broad implications for any organisation which collects personal information, especially in this age of Big Data. In 2016, an unrepresented NSW resident, Nig…
Too much cyber, not enough privacy 101
Just as we are preparing for mandatory data breach notification to commence here in Australia, some interesting pieces of news have revealed that perhaps both corporations and government agencies have taken their eye off the ball when it comes to prote…
