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If data ownership is not clearly established, it could stifle innovation and investment.
If your car connects to the internet, what personal data could it be sharing – and even selling? A new report on Australia’s 15 most popular car brands reveals these privacy concerns.
Clearer laws and better enforcement could make us all less vulnerable to data breaches. But organisations also need to be more transparent when they happen and get security basics right.
Seniors are vulnerable to fraud, especially when they have little social interaction and are not comfortable with technology. Here’s how to help them protect themselves.
We’re being tracked, targeted and profiled by businesses and data brokers. A new report on consumer data handling shows we need an urgent update of privacy laws.
There are many good proposals in Dreyfus’s reform paper. But they risk being lost once again among the voices of those whose interests are served by maintaining the status quo.
One of a hacker’s most valuable tools is the phishing attack, and you might be unwittingly making the hacker’s job easier by leaving useful information about you online.
Internet-connected appliances tempt people with science fictionlike conveniences, but beneath the sparkling surface lurk potential privacy violations.
Data breaches have become a fact of life. Here are articles from The Conversation that detail the threat, why it happens and what you can do to protect yourself.
Checking your credit report is a good way to ensure that incorrect information is not listed against you, and can protect you against identity theft.
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Associate Professor of Information and Operations Management, Texas A&M University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice; Lead, UNSW Public Interest Law & Tech Initiative, UNSW
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Postdoctoral Scholar, Penn State
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Research Professor of Computer Science, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Professor of Cybersecurity Management, University of Dayton
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Professor of Information Systems, Mississippi State University
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Senior Lecturer, Curtin University
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Professor of Information Science and Cybersecurity, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Associate professor, Département des sciences comptables, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Researcher, University of Sydney
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Professor, Head of the Discipline of Accounting, Governance and Regulation, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal