These new rules were meant to protect our privacy. They don’t work | Stephanie Hare
The data protection laws introduced last year are failing us – and our…
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7-Eleven fuel app data breach exposes users’ personal details
App users were able to see other customers’ data, including names, dates of…
Police database flagged 9,000 cybercrime reports as ‘security risk’
Reports were quarantined by software designed to protect fraud bureau’s computer system, watchdog…
Farewell the ‘porn block’ – a PR exercise but lousy policy | Amy Orben
Without greater access to our online habits, politicians cannot frame laws for the…
China has built ‘massive global data-collection ecosystem’ to boost its interests
Chinese use state-owned enterprises, local tech companies and foreign partnerships, ASPI report saysThe…
Prevent database is secure but not secret | Letter
Describing a documented database as ‘secret’ risks causing unjustified distrust in a multi-agency…
Scientists invent new technology to print invisible messages
Messages can only be seen under UV light and can be erased using…
YouTube’s fine and child safety online | Letters
Fining YouTube for targeting adverts at children as if they were adults shows…
Data breach may affect 50,000 Australian university students using ‘Get’ app
Students using events app Get, previously known as Qnect, may have had their…
Guardian investigations: how tech helps tackle big data … and big lawyers
Our head of investigations explains how a new IT system, Giant, has the…