Policy & Regulation — Page 3
Who Gets Spirit Airlines' Employee Data? A Bidding War With No Clear Winner
Google paid $10 million at auction for hundreds of millions of Spirit Airlines emails, calls, and files. Then a second bidder appeared. Former employees are going to court to stop any sale at all.
Australian court blocks employer from wiping ex-worker's personal files stored in her own Canva account
A former marketing manager stored family medical records and legal documents inside her personal Canva account. After she left her job, her ex-employer appears to have locked her out. A NSW court has now stepped in.
CISA and G7 Sound the Alarm on Quantum Computing's Threat to Encryption
A joint call to action urges governments and businesses to start swapping out today's cryptography before quantum computers make it useless.
UK Government Moves to Cut High-Risk Tech Suppliers Out of Critical Infrastructure
Late additions to a new cybersecurity law would give ministers the power to remove or restrict technology providers judged to pose a national security risk, as attacks on supply chains grow more frequent.
CISA Tells Critical Infrastructure Operators to Plan How They'll Talk When the Systems Go Dark
New joint guidance from CISA, the FBI and international partners spells out what utilities and hospitals should say to the public during a major IT or industrial outage, and how to say it before rumours fill the gap.
Smart Glasses, Privacy Overhaul, and 43 Missing Australians: Monday's Big Stories
Australia's government unveiled new privacy rules targeting smart glasses while 43 Australians remain unaccounted for after catastrophic flooding in Nepal. Here's what you need to know.
US Coast Guard Opens Dedicated Cybersecurity Office for America's Ports and Waterways
A new federal office will write the rules on digital security for the network of ports, ships, and waterways that keeps American trade moving. It arrives after a government watchdog said the Coast Guard's cyber approach had serious gaps.
Australia's Online Safety Regulator Tells Smart Glasses Makers to Blur Strangers' Faces by Default
eSafety has called on companies like Meta to build automatic face-blurring into camera-equipped smart glasses, warning that privacy can't be traded away for accessibility.
Federal Judge Rules Pentagon's Actions Against AI Company Anthropic Were Illegal
A federal court found the US Defence Department had no lawful basis when it branded Anthropic a supply chain risk, handing the AI firm a rare legal win against a government regulator.
Justice Department Walks Back Claim That U.S. Agencies Were Hacked by China
The DOJ now says agencies including NASA and the Federal Reserve were targeted by Chinese hackers, not breached, a meaningful climb-down in the language of the original announcement.
Australia drafts new privacy laws to rein in AI data use, smart glasses and identity theft
Proposed legislation would give Australians the right to delete their personal data from social media and search platforms, and a new tool to lock their ID documents against misuse.
White House Teleprompter Operator Fined $172,000 for Betting on Trump Speeches Using Inside Knowledge
A federal regulator says Gabriel Perez used his privileged access to the president's words before they were spoken to place winning wagers on an online prediction market.
Australia moves to ban 'spy glasses' that secretly film people in public
Cheap smart glasses that look ordinary but record video without the wearer appearing to do anything suspicious have sparked two mass petitions and a new bill in the Australian parliament.
UK court jails 68-year-old for £980,000 pirate IPTV business
Milan Ibrahim ran 80 servers from a Chorley address, selling stolen Sky, BBC and Premier League streams to customers in Britain and abroad.
New Zealand welfare staff face 22 security incidents every single day
Government figures show Ministry of Social Development workers recorded more than 8,000 safety events in a year, from verbal abuse to threats of self-harm. The numbers are down slightly, but the daily reality for front-line staff remains grim.