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Google says consent over every aspect of data processing would be burdensome
Tells the review into Australia’s Privacy Act that expanding the ‘toggles of control’ to individuals could affect the ability of a business to earn revenue and create ‘consent fatigue’ for the consumer.
Read MoreTrump decrees American cloud providers need to maintain records on foreign clients
American cloud companies must verify the identity of foreign people that use their services.
Read MoreSouth Australian government commits AU$6.5m to launch its own satellite in 2022
The low-orbit satellite will be used to support improvement of state emergency, environment, water monitoring, and bushfire mitigation services.
Read MoreFacebook enhances AI used to describe photos for visually impaired users
The latest iteration can detect and identify more concepts, as well as provide more detailed descriptions.
Read MoreAustralia’s tangle of electronic surveillance laws needs unravelling
The government agrees: Australia needs a whole new electronic surveillance Act to sort out the mess. But a bunch of ad hoc laws are already making their way through parliament.
Read MoreOptus warns not to punish whole economy for tech giant sins in Privacy Act changes
Australian telcos agree that the Privacy Act is working well, and Australia does not need a right to erasure.
Read MoreMegaport clears positive cash from operations hurdle for first time
Company looking to break even on EBITDA at the end of this fiscal year.
Read MoreOpenWRT reports data breach after hacker gained access to forum admin account
The OpenWRT wiki, which contains the official download links, was not compromised, the project said.
Read MoreHackers ‘manipulated’ stolen COVID-19 vaccine data before leaking it online
European Medicines Agency says investigation into cyberattack has revealed the hackers have attempted to “undermine trust” in COVID-19 vaccines.
Read MoreGitHub admits ‘significant error of judgment’ in firing employee over Capitol ‘Nazi’ comments
GitHub’s head of HR has resigned over the matter.
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