In a ruling that marks a victory for privacy proponents, a federal appeals panel is allowing a group of Web surfers to sue a company that gathered certain data about them without their consent.
New online privacy laws are coming into force in less than six weeks, but some local businesses still aren’t ready. ZDNet Australia provides a status report.
Microsoft hopes consumers will use its HealthVault service to store all of their health records online.
The Australian Government has failed to meet "basic" online privacy requirements, according to an investigation that suggests its own agencies are hindering the push to increase Australian Internet usage.
When it comes to real life, many people are willing to make small concessions of civil liberty. Would you?
Are Australia's privacy laws slowly killing Australians by preventing medical professionals gaining access to patient information?
Would you be happier that Google collects data about your Internet history if you knew their log data was used to fight some seriously nasty worms?
A YouTube video has changed my view of the world. And no, this time it didn't involve a monkey or a grievous injury captured on camera.
The major security flaws suffered by the Big Brother Web site are the most recent example of an apparent "launch first, fix later" approach within Channel Ten. But a chequered history with the Web may help explain the problems.
Will aggregation replace search when it comes to finding useful content on the Web? I reckon so.
Discovering how your favourite search engine protects your privacy is not an easy task, despite recent moves from the major players to make policies more transparent.
Want to spend all day on Facebook without getting caught? Here's how.
Even if your organisation takes every possible precaution to protect its data, a security breach is often inevitable. What do you do if it happens? Mike Mullins offers some pointers for notifying those affected.
A DoubleClick executive landed in hot soup recently after suggesting browser makers should toe the line when it came to online advertising.
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.
As a tool for cleaning an untidy Windows registry, PC Tools Desktop Maestro seems to do a good job, and combines this ability with excellent privacy tools. However, users of Windows Vista may find Desktop Maestro being blocked by User Account Control.
A DoubleClick executive landed in hot soup recently after suggesting browser makers should toe the line when it came to online advertising.
ZoneAlarm Security Suite puts Norton Internet Security and McAfee Internet Security to shame with its easy-to-use features.
Personalisation has become an accepted part of technological interaction, but what does the future hold?
Due out later this year, ZoneAlarm Pro 4.0 promises changes that are much more subtle than ZAP 3.0, but no less powerful.
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