There is one sentence in a recent presentation made by a media company to advertisers, that frankly terrified me: “by 2030, every ad and integration served by Seven West Media ...
Glass half empty, or glass half full? How to read the Privacy Act reform proposals
Is it a bold vision for reform, a squandered opportunity, or something in between? How you feel about the Attorney-General's report on the Privacy Act reform proposals, ...
Thought your doctor’s visit was private? Australian data brokers have your data, and they’re not afraid to use it.
Even in settings you might consider off-limits, like a visit to your cardiologist or gynaecologist, businesses you have probably never heard of are collecting, profiling, ...
Prevention, notification, compensation: lessons from a government data breach managed badly
What happens when a mailout goes horribly wrong – and then the data breach notification is worse The release earlier this month of the OAIC’s 2023 Community Attitudes to ...
The great con job: how the media and marketing industry is getting away with tracking Australians
Australians don’t want to be tracked. We don't want to be tracked, profiled, packaged up and traded, then targeted. Across surveys from the OAIC, ACCC and the Consumer ...
