Thanks to the metadata retention law, nothing is private anymore. The Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015 has not just put our privacy at risk, but also the privacy and security of friends, colleagues and loved ones we communicate with. Fortunately, there are steps you can take keep yourself protected.
Australian InfoSec and Cyber News
- Australia's world-first anti-encryption law should be overhauled, independent monitor says July 9, 2020The attorney general should be stripped of the power to force tech and social media companies to help security services to potentially spy on the …
- Labor wants to ask TikTok how it approaches Australian privacy laws | ZDNet July 8, 2020Wants to know how the popular Chinese social media video app uses individuals' data and what its content moderation policies actually involve. Despite …
- TikTok could be BANNED in Australia over fears the Chinese app poses a risk to national security and is feeding information to the Communist Party July 8, 2020The Australian Government is facing calls to ban TikTok amid concerns the social media platform poses a national security threat and users' data may …
- Only 31% of Americans concerned with data security, despite 400% rise in cyberattacks July 5, 2020Bad actors have flooded the enterprise with coronavirus-related attacks, but professionals working from home have other worries, Unisys Security …
- How Have I Been Pwned became the keeper of the internet's biggest data breaches July 5, 2020When Troy Hunt launched Have I Been Pwned in late 2013, he wanted it to answer a simple question: Have you fallen victim to a data breach? Seven years …
Click on the image for more
