Ari Sharp and Asher Moses report: A Senate inquiry into the adequacy of privacy laws will soon begin, sparked by recent online privacy controversies and the government’s plans to snoop on web users’ internet communications. The inquiry, pushed through by the Greens, will examine privacy protections and data collection on social networking sites and the…
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Indonesian pop star surrenders over ‘Peterporn’ sex tape scandal
So you’ve made a sex tape and it winds up being circulated on the Internet. If you’re a celebrity, you get a lot of press. That is, unless you’re a celebrity in Indonesia where they have strict anti-pornography laws. ANI reports: Indonesian pop star Nazril Irham, better known as Ariel, has surrendered himself to police…
Rogue tax workers snooped on ex-spouses, family members
Dean Beeby of the Canadian Press reports: OTTAWA—Dozens of workers at Canada’s tax agency have been caught snooping on their ex-spouses, mothers-in-law, creditors and others by reading confidential tax files. Internal reports at the Canada Revenue Agency show that rogue employees are improperly reviewing the private financial affairs of taxpayers without their knowledge. And some…
AU: Senator Wong: “Government keen to make sure data is retained”
David Ramli reports: The Minister representing the Attorney-General in the Senate, Senator Penny Wong, has claimed any data retained by the Government will not include the content of communications. The denial comes after industry criticism of the Government’s proposal to record the Web browsing details of every Internet user in Australia, in line with similar…