CyberBeat is a community driven, educational and informative 15 minute podcast keeping you up to date with news and analysis on what’s happening with the internet in Australia and how it relates to you.
CyberBeat #107
September 2023
FEATURE: Is freedom of expression a thing of the past?
This week public interest technologist Rob Braxman talks about end-to-end encryption. What really is the legal situation in Australia and why are most privacy policies perhaps considered illegal under the Australian Privacy Principles? Why are Privacy Policies long, confusing, and filled with legal jargon. Are our only options to "take it or leave it?” The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) and 11 of its international data protection and privacy counterparts have released a joint statement to address the issue of data scraping on social media platforms and other publicly accessible sites.
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