Is sharing your data worth what you’re getting out of it? That may be the wrong question to ask when you are thinking about whether to share.
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A new code for children’s online privacy is currently open for consultation. Here’s what it contains.
How people talk about data privacy can overcome – or reinforce – their skepticism that things can change.
If you want to try Atlas, the advice is straightforward: extreme caution.
Your personal privacy depends on your awareness, tech controls that allow you to decide what to share, and public policies that take personal privacy into account.
VPNs are becoming a popular option for people wanting to access overseas content. But they’re much more than that – and sometimes legally murky.
Cookie consent pop-ups are annoying, but it’s worth understanding what you’re agreeing to.
Amazon has disabled some Alexa privacy features amid a push to introduce AI capabilities and make more money.
New restrictions on how children and teens can spend time online remain concentrated at the state level.
Research shows using images in privacy policies makes them shorter and more understandable.
Artificial intelligence is so hungry for information, soon there will be no real data left. If done right, synthetic data can fill the gap and improve AI models.
The information commissioner has called the settlement ‘groundbreaking’. But it represents roughly 0.02% of Meta’s annual revenue in 2023.
An investigation reveals e-voting software used by numerous large-scale organisations isn’t as anonymous or secure as claimed.
The trial is testing age verification, age estimation and age inference. All three options come with problems.
The ban won’t take effect for at least 12 months. But key details about it are still missing – including how social media platforms will actually verify users’ age.
The ban will affect platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat. But the bill is vague about how exactly these platforms must comply.
Australia’s Trust Exchange system offers greater convenience and security for everyday transactions. But the government must make sure it protects Australians’ privacy.
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.
Human Rights Watch has sounded the alarm over Australian children’s images found in a huge data set used to train AI models. It could be a breach of our privacy law.
Congress is considering bills to protect kids online. Some of what’s in those bills could help, but some elements could be harmful.
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice; Lead, UNSW Public Interest Law & Tech Initiative, UNSW
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Professor of Cybersecurity, Head of School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Telecommunications Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Survey Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Technology, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer, Communications and Media Studies, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Networking, The Open University
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Professor specialising in Internet law, Bond University
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Professor of Global Politics and Cybersecurity, UCL
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Distinguished Professor and C. Ben Dutton Professor of Law, Indiana University