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Modern cars are surveillance devices on wheels with major privacy risks – new report

New research reveals serious privacy flaws in the data practices of new internet connected cars in Australia. It’s yet another reason why we need urgent reform of privacy laws.

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Worried your address, birth date or health data is being sold? You should be – and the law isn’t protecting you

Worried your address, birth date or health data is being sold? You should be – and the law isn’t protecting you

Australians don’t know and can’t control how data brokers are spreading their personal information. This is the core finding of a newly released report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

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Frequent flyer programs: which is best for Australians – and is there a catch?

Frequent flyer programs: which is best for Australians – and is there a catch?

Qantas, Velocity and KrisFlyer will earn you free flights or upgrades but you’ll have to give something too – your data

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Activists hijack social media algorithms to show accurate science info to climate deniers

A cookie recipe website people send to friends and family secretly ‘prompts the internet to think they care about the climate’.

‘Concerning, Unsafe And Unfair’: Experts Slam Popular Period Tracking Apps For Being Dodgy AF

"We might want to think really carefully about whether... the convenience outweighs the potential costs."

See your identity pieced together from stolen data

Have you ever wondered how much of your personal information is available online? Here's your chance to find out.

TikTok can still access data from Australian government devices via app on personal phones, academic warns

Data sharing between platforms could limit effectiveness of social media app’s ban from government devices

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‘Quite sneaky’: fertility apps sell user data while promising to protect privacy

‘Quite sneaky’: fertility apps sell user data while promising to protect privacy

A CHOICE report has found that Australia’s most popular fertility apps often share their users’ data or keep it too long.

Experts unpack the cyber black market, cybersecurity and hacking

Experts unpack the cyber black market, cybersecurity and hacking

Millions of Australians have had their hacked data openly traded online, but how do you know if you've been impacted, and what can you do to safeguard yourself in the future?

Data breach fine proposals in wake of Optus, Medibank hacks not enough, say privacy advocates

Data breach fine proposals in wake of Optus, Medibank hacks not enough, say privacy advocates

A proposal to steeply increase penalties for serious or repeated privacy breaches is welcome but won't do enough to deter incidents like those at Optus and Medibank, privacy critics warn.

Optus hack renews calls for better protection of customers and their personal data

Optus hack renews calls for better protection of customers and their personal data

As Optus chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin calls for "heightened vigilance" after a mass data breach, advocates say companies need to do more for consumers.

Why is Project X the latest obsession of TikTok teens?

Why is Project X the latest obsession of TikTok teens?

Plus: does writing about tech surveillance make me a huge hypocrite?

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