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What Is The GDPR And Why Australian Businesses Should You Care? | Lifehacker AU

by Steven Kirby | Oct 3, 2017 | Australia, Breach Notification, Breach Response, GDRP, Lifehacker Australia, Privacy | 0 |

The European Union has always favoured the protection of personal privacy over the rights of governments and law enforcement to snoop on our data. Their regulations for the protection of Personal Identifiable Information (PII)...

South Australian Cops Want To Force You To Give Up Your Passwords | Lifehacker AU

by Steven Kirby | Jul 27, 2017 | Australia, Education and Training, Law & Legal, Lifehacker Australia, Police and Law Enforcement, Privacy, South Australia, State Government | 0 |

Police in South Australia are looking for the right to compel users to give up passwords to computers in order to access encrypted information. With the federal government already looking for ways to force tech companies to...

How To Hide Your Digital Identity From Australian ISPs | Lifehacker AU

by Steven Kirby | Jul 27, 2017 | Encryption, Lifehacker Australia, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider | 0 |

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...

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Skin cancer survey hack may have 'compromised' personal details | ABC News
by ABC News (Australia) on March 20, 2023
Australia's biggest skin cancer study has been hit by an unpublicised data breach. The ABC can reveal that cyber criminals broke into servers holding highly ...
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What Is The GDPR And Why Australian Businesses Should You Care? | Lifehacker AU

South Australian Cops Want To Force You To Give Up Your Passwords | Lifehacker AU

How To Hide Your Digital Identity From Australian ISPs | Lifehacker AU

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