Josh Taylor reports: The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is not required to delete data that it has obtained from telcos under the mandatory data-retention legislation, the inspector-general of Intelligence and Security has warned. Under the legislation, telecommunications companies will be required to retain a set of so-called metadata, not limited to but including call…
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Facebook sex tape case has implications for privacy law in Australia
Michaela Whitboum reports: A West Australian woman has won almost $50,000 in compensation from an ex-boyfriend who posted sexually explicit videos and photos of her on Facebook, in a significant ruling on personal privacy law. Caroline Wilson, a fly-in, fly-out worker at Fortescue Metals Group’s Cloudbreak mine in the Pilbara, took her ex-boyfriend and former…
Student digital privacy protections welcomed by parents, teachers
Vikki Ortiz Healy reports: When Courtney Lorentz’s 6-year-old daughter brought home an iPad from school last fall, the Deerfield, Ill., mom wanted assurance that the thoughts, ideas and personal information her daughter typed into the device would not follow her for years to come – or be sold to marketing companies for a quick buck….
Google’s position makes no sense – Rotenberg
Marc Rotenberg of EPIC writes: There is a lot of confusion in the United States about last year’s privacy decision in Europe. The European court said Google, a commercial search provider that gathers personal information, should remove links to private information when asked, provided the information is no longer relevant. The court did not say newspapers should…