The requirements of the Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Financing Act came into effect today after continual calls from privacy advocates to scrap the controversial legislation.
The Federal Treasury has issued a tender seeking privacy consultancy services for the government's Special Business Reporting initiative, a scheme to simplify regulated reporting processes for Australian businesses.
Search giant Google today defended the incomplete Australian coverage provided by its Street View add-on to its Google Maps and Earth tools, after launching the service early this morning.
Vendors and privacy advocates alike have expressed their reservations over the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Finance Act enacted by Parliament last year, but it appears unlikely that the Labor government will review the legislation.
The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) is hoping to develop a course specialising in Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing laws -- the controversial legislation that requires businesses to gather data on their customers.
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A AU$6 million integration project will soon give Victorian businesses easier access to the government departments they need. David Braue weighs in on one of Australia's largest single sign-on deployments.
Australian small businesses are being targetted in the latest software piracy crackdown, with companies which don't get the message under threat of court action.
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