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Policy & Regulation
Australian Rental Apps Accused of Harvesting Tenant Data Beyond Victorian Privacy Laws
A consumer watchdog review found so-called RentTech platforms asking hopeful renters for far more personal information than new Victorian rules allow, raising questions about how easily the protections can be sidestepped.
3 min read
AI Security
Who Is Watching You Right Now, and What Are They Doing With It?
From supermarket cameras to workplace keystroke logs, surveillance of ordinary people has quietly become a growth industry. AI is making it faster, cheaper and harder to spot.
5 min read
Policy & Regulation
Australian Health Websites Secretly Fed Patients' Fertility and Medication Searches to Meta and TikTok
Australia's privacy regulator has ruled that Monash IVF and Medmate broke the law by embedding invisible tracking code on their health websites — code that sent sensitive visitor data to social media giants without asking anyone's permission.
3 min read