The Guardian • data security
Issue #2027
Data harvesters
The Privacy Act makes it unlawful for many companies in Australia to buy or exchange consumers’ personal data for profiling or targeting purposes. It applies...
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Issue #2027
Optus: data is gold
Millions of angry Optus customers are horrified and concerned that the security of their personal details was breached in a cyberattack on the company. Optus’...
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Issue #2208
Cellebrite gets government blessing to share your phone
Returning from an extended stay in Bali this July, Peter* was stopped by Australian Border Force (ABF) officials at Perth Airport. After searching his bag,...
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Issue #2206
Palantir and Cellebrite – and the country that never
In April 2026, Palantir posted a 22-point manifesto on Elon Musk’s X platform. It drew from CEO Alex Karp’s book The Technological Republic – that...
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Issue #2209
DINGO
The ACTU says working Australians are rightly outraged by revelations that an OpenAI Agent breached the Medicare system. The unions’ peak body called the breach...
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