The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) filed civil proceedings against Medibank in the Federal Court, alleging serious interference with the privacy of approximately 9.7 million individuals. The data breach is expected to cost Medibank more than $125 million. This was due to Medibank's failure to protect their personal information, breaching Australian privacy [...]
An investigation by consumer advocacy group Choice found that most of Australia's popular car brands collect and share "driver data," which can include braking patterns and video footage. Choice reports that Kia and Hyundai collect voice data from their cars and sell it to an AI training company. A review shows cars are a "privacy nightmare [...]
Technology-facilitated abuse is rapidly growing and affecting many in domestic violence situations. According to the NSW Crime Commission, one in four people purchasing GPS tracking devices since 2023 have a history of domestic violence. Additionally, 99.3% of those seeking help at domestic violence shelters have experienced technology-facilitated stalking and abuse. Independent MP for [...]
On 19 July, a faulty update from American cybersecurity company CrowdStrike caused widespread "blue screens of death" on Microsoft machines, affecting 8.5 million Windows devices. The impact was significant, with disruptions in various locations and critical infrastructure worldwide. CrowdStrike addressed the issue, clarifying that it did not affect Mac and Linux systems and was not [...]
The introduced legislation aims to create new criminal offences to ban the sharing of non-consensual deepfake sexually explicit material. The Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Bill 2024 will impose severe criminal penalties of up to 6 years imprisonment on those who share digitally created sexually explicit material. This behaviour can involve degrading, humiliating, [...]
In partnership with Chanel Contos, founder of Teach Us Consent, Tinder has launched the latest phase of consent education in Australia by publishing an updated version of its Dating Dictionary: Consent Edition. This updated guide features refreshed definitions of key consent terms, outlines the five key concepts of consent, and includes examples of ways [...]
Here is a guest post from our US sister organisation NNEDV reprinted with permission under licence from the Safety Net Project. Safety Net focuses on the intersection of technology and abuse, and we work to address how that abuse impacts the safety, privacy, accessibility, and civil rights of survivors. Our team provides expert training [...]
On 6 June 2022, Apple announced a new safety feature at its annual WWDC event that will significantly help victim-survivors of domestic abuse using iPhones and other connected devices. This new feature will help Apple users quickly secure their devices, making it a very helpful resource for victim-survivors of domestic abuse who are concerned [...]
Wesnet, the national peak body representing specialist women’s domestic violence services, today announced that it has joined forces with the Coalition Against Stalkerware to combat non-consensual tracking via digital device and to work towards providing support to survivors of domestic violence. Today, the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women [...]
Plan International’s 2020 Annual State of the World’s Girls report focuses on the terrible rates of online abuse that girls and young women are experiencing across the world. The Free To Be Online report, which surveyed 14,000 girls and young women in 22 countries, found: More than half of girls surveyed, from around the [...]
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