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Wi-fi tracking of students in Australia

17 August 2016

Recent publicity about an Australian university’s practice of tracking the location of people connected to the university’s wi-fi network raises a mixture of policy and legal issues.

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Cloud privacy – significant developments

18 July 2016

By Patrick Gunning

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What’s the Big Deal with Big Data? The OAIC’s Guide to big data and the Australia Privacy Principles

6 June 2016

By Emily Rich

The Office of the Information Commissioner (“OAIC”) has released a consultation draft Guide to big data and the Australian Privacy Principles (the “Guide”).

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The Trans-Pacific Partnership’s IP provisions: Biologics and biosimilars, copyright and privacy

9 October 2015

By Alex Horne

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was concluded on 5 October 2015, after 8 years of negotiations.

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EU-US privacy safe harbor no longer safe

9 October 2015

By Patrick Gunning

Our European colleagues have summarised the recent decision of the European Court of Justice dealing with the EU-US privacy safe harbor.

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Australian Department of Immigration data breach – another court decision

21 September 2015

By Patrick Gunning

Data security breaches can cause much more than financial harm to affected individuals.

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Telco Sector Security Reforms

1 July 2015

By Daniella Phair

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Misuse of private information is a “tort” in English law

21 May 2015

By Patrick Gunning

The Court of Appeal for England and Wales has held that the cause of action recognised in English law since Campbell v Mirror Group for misuse of private information should be classified as a tort rather than an equitable cause of action.

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Another Privacy Commissioner determination awarding compensation

29 April 2015

By Patrick Gunning

A notable feature of Timothy Pilgrim’s tenure as Privacy Commissioner has been his willingness to make determinations awarding compensation.

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Privacy Commissioner’s decision set aside by the Federal Court

16 March 2015

By Patrick Gunning

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