Stories about Privacy

Watching the watchers
Did you know that personal information is collected every time you surf the web? Here's how to stay safe.
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Google: one privacy policy to rule them all
How will Google's new privacy policy affect you? We wade through the fine print so you know where you stand and what to do about it.
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One week in social networking: Google+ opens up, Facebook seals in
It's been less than a week since Google+ cast off its invite-only shackles and announced it was opening its doors to everybody. But then Facebook went and shifted the goal posts.
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Parliamentary enquiry into govt ISP snooping
The Senate will hold an enquiry into a widely derided Federal Govt proposal to record Australian citizens' web history, telephone calls and emails.
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Google didn’t collect bank data: Privacy Commissioner
The Federal Privacy Commissioner has directly contradicted claims by Senator Conroy that Google collected banking passwords in its WiFi scanning mistake.
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OZLOG: Ludlam raises ISP snooping issue in Senate
The Greens have questioned the government over its ISP data logging and snooping plans in the Senate.
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Facebook continues to flip the bird at Australia
Facebook sent a rep to speak to the Australian government last week, but the social networking giant says it's not sure it would be helpful to have local personnel here.
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Privacy Commissioner sits on fence over ISP snooping policy
The Federal Privacy Commissioner has issued a muted statement in reaction to the Attorney General's proposal to force ISPs to keep records of Australians' internet usage.
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"It's not about your web history": Attorney General
The Attorney General, Robert McLelland, has denied the government's controversial ISP logging policy will extend to users' web history.
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Surveillance state near, warns Australian Pirate Party
The Australian Pirate Party has declared war on the fed govt over its plans to monitor records of Australian citizens' web browsing, phone calls, emails and P2P usage.
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iiNet knew of internet surveillance proposal in 2009
iiNet was briefed in 2009 about a government proposal to force ISPs to store copies of customers' emails, phone calls and web browsing histories, but was bound to secrecy.
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Government ISP snooping policy "totally insane" - Linton
The CEO of ISP Exetel has described as a "nanny state gone totally insane" a govt proposal which could see telcos required to store customers' web browsing and emails.
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Rudd backs Conroy in WiFi attack
The Prime Minister has backed internet Senator Conroy in his sustained attack on Google over its bungled WiFi collection error.
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Sysadmins slam Conroy’s Wi-Fi “misinformation”
Senator Conroy claims Google might have collected online banking passwords in its WiFi trawl -- a claim Sage-AU is calling "misinformation verging on fear-mongering"
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The Australian Federal Police tackle Google
An official Australian investigation into the search giant's Wi-Fi privacy debacle has launched.
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