Following a privacy policy change in 2016, Google has collected users’ data from third-party websites and apps. The ACCC argues users were misled into signing away their privacy.
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Tech companies have big plans for augmented reality, but all of them involve huge amounts of surveillance of our everyday lives.
As the pandemic drives more of our lives online, we move further into a world optimised by big tech to suit itself.
Privacy regulation can’t keep pace with the supersystems collecting, analyzing and using personal data.
Once algorithms go live on markets, they start behaving in ways that programmers could not have foreseen.
Regulators are beginning to tackle big tech companies’ hidden use of consumer data
Algorithm-based apps can recommend clothes based on what other people have worn, but they have a long way to go before they understand fashion.
An entire industry exists to trade on your personal data - everything from your shopping habits to your political views and medical conditions. The results can genuinely harm consumers.
Companies scrutinise our online likes, dislikes, searches and purchases to produce data that can be used commercially. And it’s often done without us understanding the full extent of the surveillance.
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice; Lead, UNSW Public Interest Law & Tech Initiative, UNSW
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Professor in Human-Computer Interaction, ARC Future Fellow, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, University of Sydney
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Policy Lead on Technology, Cybersecurity and Democracy, Leadership Lab, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Software Engineer, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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PhD Candidate, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, RMIT University
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Associate Professor (Law), Southern Cross University
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PhD student, Researcher at the Center for Studies on Integration and Globalization (CEIM), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Director, Surveillance Studies Centre, Professor of Sociology, Queen's University, Ontario
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Program Director, MSc Cyber Security Management, Aston University
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Research Lead, Jeff Bleich Centre for the US Alliance in Digital Technology, Security, and Governance, Flinders University
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Lecturer in Digital and Social Media, Curtin University
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Ontario Research Chair of Digital Governance for Social Justice, York University, Canada
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Honorary Fellow, Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Visiting Scholar: School of Architecture and School of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney