Your personal data is being shared, whether you like it or not
Australians OK with police sharing data to solve crimes – but other use cases are problematic
David Braue | 02 Aug | Read more
Australians OK with police sharing data to solve crimes – but other use cases are problematic
David Braue | 02 Aug | Read more
There are frequent media, TV and radio reports on data-hacks of companies which hold your personal data. These headlines highlight there is a real threat to us as both users and consumers. Hackers see value in data, as do companies who collect the data.
The UK government has set new rules for driverless cars, urging testers to ensure vehicles are built to record and store critical data while fending off remote hackers.
Australia may be the world's fourth-largest holder of network-security patents, but its Telecommunications companies and government agencies are the least trusted industries when it comes to protecting user data, a new survey has found. Case in point: the besieged US Office of Personnel Management – already hit with a class-action suit over the recent breach of data on US government employees – which took a key system offline after a security flaw was identified in a Web-based background-check system.
David Braue | 06 Jul | Read more
Public confidence in government security is so low that half of Australians believe their personal data will be compromised in the next year due to poor security by a government agency, according to a new survey that also found even more believe personal data held by telcos will be compromised.
David Braue | 03 Jul | Read more