The Full Federal Court has held Facebook can be sued in Australia for allegedly disclosing the personal data of over 300,000 users to political research firm Cambridge Analytica.
Australian mining magnate Andrew âTwiggyâ Forrest has filed private criminal proceedings against Facebook over cryptocurrency investment scams that used his name and image.
Hall & Wilcox has lured a cyber whiz to bolster the firm’s cyber insurance and advisory practice, amid an expected jump in cyber-related claims this year.
A new draft bill aimed at deterring social media trolls is unlikely to be as effective as incoming state-driven alternatives, the Law Council of Australia said in its submission to the federal government on Monday.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has hit Telstra with a record $2.53 million penalty for listing individuals phone numbers in public directories against their wishes.
Virgin Australia has walked back part of its COVID-19 vaccination policy after the union representing aircraft maintenance engineers received hundred of complaints about the requirement that they provide their Individual Health Identifier as part of proof of their vaccination status.
US-based facial recognition software company Clearview AI has been ordered to cease collecting facial images from individuals in Australia and destroy all the data it has collected within the country.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is calling for the power to mandate âchoice screensâ in mobile devices to provide Australian consumers with a wider variety of online search engine options, as part of the regulatorâs ongoing efforts to mitigate Googleâs search dominance.
A court has shut down Facebookâs renewed push to cut off Melbourne-based content strategists Sked Social from posting on Instagram on behalf of its clients, with a judge saying the social media giantâs justification for varying the injunction order was âflimsy and possibly strategicâ.
Construction equipment giant Caterpillar has accused a former employee of flagrantly copying âmany thousandsâ of confidential files before moving to a rival.