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Smart glasses are already being used in many industrial settings – and may be a common item by the end of the decade.
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are equipped with a camera and powered by AI. Are the current privacy policies sufficient when it comes to the use of wearable cameras in public spaces?
A string of recent deals by the cutting-edge AI company suggest an interest in large amounts of behavioural, health and biometric data.
The new privacy act reform bill has some welcome amendments, but it doesn’t touch most of the substantive principles that were passed in 1988.
As the federal government prepares to reform Australia’s privacy laws, it needs to better protect brain data.
Knowing you should set your apps’ privacy permissions might not be enough to protect you. A cybersecurity expert explains how complicated privacy settings can trip you up.
Privacy comes at a price.
African regulators have not yet met the challenge of protecting farm data.
France is using experimental AI-enabled surveillance and data collection tools before, during and after the 2024 Summer Olympics. Here’s what that means for the trade-off between security and privacy.
Many videos people upload to YouTube aren’t really meant for public consumption, but they’re available for AI companies to vacuum up. Many of these personal videos are posted by children.
Secret recordings raise questions about Justice Alito’s impartiality, but they also reveal the weak state of legal protections against the misuse of the microphones and cameras everyone carries.
There are various methods for estimating or verifying an online user’s age, none of them foolproof. Importantly, is this the social media future we want?
An information scientist explains that while Google’s AI Overviews and other AI search tools may look enticing, you shouldn’t rely on them to fill all your search needs.
A data privacy expert explains how machine learning algorithms draw inferences and how that leads to privacy concerns.
A new ACCC report shows 74% of Australians are uncomfortable with their personal data being shared or sold. Yet this is happening every day, and the privacy law isn’t being enforced.
Wearables are on the rise, including a new category: neurotechnology. A headband that can track your brain activity sounds fun, but the data it collects should be stringently protected.
Privacy advocates lost out when Congress reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without major reforms. But the renewal fight returns in 2 years.
Before charging ahead to a world of AI babysitters and teacher or companion robots, we should consider this technology carefully to assess its appropriateness in children’s lives.
If the US wants to protect young people from misinformation and foreign influence, focusing on TikTok is barking up the wrong tree.
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice; Lead, UNSW Public Interest Law & Tech Initiative, UNSW
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Affiliated Faculty Member, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, Penn State
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Professor of Cybersecurity, Head of School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Professor in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney
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