Privacy
The top-secret leak that led to a spying scandal, infuriating Indonesia – and Tony Abbott | Ten years of Guardian Australia
Lenore Taylor looks back at Guardian Australia’s first big scoop and its far-reaching repercussions
Caitlin Cassidy and Marni Cordell
25, May, 2023 @3:00 PM
Facebook owner Meta fined €1.2bn for mishandling user information
Penalty from Ireland’s privacy regulator is a record for breach of EU data protection regulation
Dan Milmo and Lisa O'Carroll
22, May, 2023 @6:39 PM
Sunak defends voter ID after Rees-Mogg says law backfired
Prime minister says he is ‘very comfortable’ with controversial rules despite former business secretary’s admission of gerrymandering
Rowena Mason in Hiroshima
20, May, 2023 @9:00 PM
Real estate agents push back against Australian privacy law changes designed to protect personal data
Real Estate Institute of Australia president says ‘another component of risk that might prove detrimental to free enterprise’
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent
18, May, 2023 @3:00 PM
WhatsApp now lets you hide your messages from prying eyes. But is Chat Lock a cheaters’ charter?
You can now hand your phone to your partner without any danger of them reading your chats. But what’s the big secret?
17, May, 2023 @3:17 PM
Meta warns Australia’s plan to limit targeted ads could push free platforms towards subscription fees
Letting Australians opt out of all targeted advertising under privacy reforms would go further than any other proposal globally, Facebook’s parent company says
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent
17, May, 2023 @3:00 PM
Police to use live facial recognition in Cardiff during Beyoncé concert
Technology be to deployed in city centre to identify wanted individuals, leading to concerns over normalisation of surveillance
Geneva Abdul
17, May, 2023 @11:39 AM
Ministers looking at body-worn facial recognition technology for police
Government’s intentions revealed in document produced for surveillance camera commissioner
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent
16, May, 2023 @5:28 PM
Warnings over NHS data privacy after ‘stalker’ doctor shares woman’s records
Exclusive: Victim speaks of feeling violated by hospital doctor incident that expert says is evidence of ‘systemic’ flaw in England
Denis Campbell Health policy editor
14, May, 2023 @5:01 PM
‘I felt anger, fear and horror that she had obtained my data and shared it’
Woman recounts ordeal after medical files accessed without justification by boyfriend’s ex-partner – a doctor in Cambridge
As told to Denis Campbell
14, May, 2023 @5:00 PM
Drug and alcohol tests of graduate paramedics revealed in Ambulance Victoria data breach
Privacy watchdog will be asked to investigate after information became available for all employees to view on the staff intranet
Nino Bucci
12, May, 2023 @7:10 AM
EU lawyers say plan to scan private messages for child abuse may be unlawful
Under proposed ‘chat controls’ regulation, any encrypted service provider could be forced to screen for ‘identifiers’
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter
08, May, 2023 @12:50 PM
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