Annabel Hepworth reports: Some of Australia’s largest companies fear a big increase in compliance costs from proposed reforms to the country’s privacy laws. Companies including Coles Supermarkets, National Australia Bank, Telstra and Westpac say the proposals must be softened to ease the cost burden. A Senate committee is examining draft laws that would introduce a…
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Never Make a Promise You Can’t Keep- Especially in Your Privacy Policy
Kevin Khurana of Proskauer writes: Expect the unexpected from your Web site privacy policy. In a handful of cases, including two which were recently decided, companies have been thwarted in various, unexpected ways by the commitments made in their online privacy policies. Are your intellectual property litigators reading your privacy policy? In FenF, LLC v….
UK: TalkTalk defends monitoring while critics claim it violates law
Dean Wilson reports more on the controversy concerning TalkTalk: TalkTalk has today issued a statement defending its recent action of spying on customers, reiterating its assertion that its website tracker is only part of its anti-malware program, not an attempt to invade users’ privacy. It said that its approach is designed to make the internet…
Google Wi-Fi Spy Lawsuits Head to Silicon Valley
David Kravets reports: Whether Google is liable for damages for secretly intercepting data on open Wi-Fi routers across the United States is to be aired out in a Silicon Valley federal court. Eight proposed class actions from across the country that seek unspecified monetary damages from Google were consolidated this week and transferred to U.S….