International experts have quashed claims from a local filtering software company that “75 percent of employees give the thumbs up to email monitoring”, saying its interpretation of a US survey is “slanted”.
Australian police will be able to exploit legal ambiguities in Federal anti-terror legislation that could weaken e-mail privacy protection, according to Electronic Frontiers Australia.
The Australian Consumers' Association (ACA) said this week that national privacy legislation could not handle the challenges posed by modern e-mail, and that the public e-mail space may have been permanently corrupted with spam.
An inquiry into Defence Department activities during the Tampa affair has highlighted the government's failure to protect the integrity of Australian domestic telecommunications, according to privacy advocates.
The Greens and privacy advocates have hit back against proposed laws to allow companies to snoop on their workers' e-mails, but Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said the laws are needed to protect vital electronic infrastructure from terrorist attacks.
According to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner's 2007 annual report, Australian consumers should feel pretty safe but that's because it's full of crap.
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Graeme Wood, the founder of one of Australia's most successful online businesses, made a very salient point yesterday about the challenge of delivering personalised online services.
Shortly after joining the social networking site, I received an e-mail telling me a friend had "written on my wall". Within two clicks I was logged-in and had full access to her Facebook account.
Like it or not, network administrators these days must take on the added task of playing Big Brother, monitoring employees' use of the computers and network. Here are 10 of the most effective ways to keep an eye on what your users are doing.
Monitoring Web usage, checking e-mails or simply keeping an eye on use of resources, ZDNet Australia looks at tips to help IT professionals keep on the right side of the line when it comes to employee privacy.
A leading local lawyer has warned Australian business they could face a heavy cost if their electronic usage policy does not detail the extent they log employees' technology habits.
Keeping an eye on staff e-mail exchanges, or monitoring their Web surfing activities, is an ethical and political minefield. How are Australian enterprises balancing this emotive issue?
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