Months of often heated discussion about the necessity and scope of state surveillance came to a head late last week as controversial data retention legislation was passed by Australia's Parliament with a clear Senate majority.
David Braue | 30 Mar | Read more
It was a banner week for the handling of personal information, with Australia's controversial metadata retention laws becoming law after Labor capitulated on its previous opposition to the legislation. Similar issues were at the fore in the US – where numerous technology companies pressed the US government to stop its collection of metadata – and Europe, where Dutch telcos were ordered to delete data retained under previous data-retention laws after they were found to be unconstitutional. And the EU's high court wasset to revisit the ability of US companies to handle the zealously-protected personal information of EU citizens.
David Braue | 30 Mar | Read more
Hotels, restaurants and other hospitality organisations are letting down consumers with inadequate security mechanisms that could expose users to malware or data theft, a new survey of hospitality networks has found.
David Braue | 09 Jan | Read more