Tag: Katharine Kemp - article author
Hidden costs, manipulation, forced continuity: report reveals how Australian consumers are being duped online
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Australian consumers’ choices on websites and apps are being manipulated through online designs taking advantage of their weaknesses. That’s according to research on...
How one simple rule change could curb online retailers’ snooping on you
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I spent last week studying the 26,000 words of privacy terms published by eBay and Amazon, trying to extract some straight answers,...
ACCC ‘world first’: Australia’s Federal Court found Google misled users about personal location data
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The Federal Court has found Google misled some users about personal location data collected through Android devices for two years, from...
The US is taking on Google in a huge antitrust case. It could change the face of online search
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The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google for unlawful monopolisation. The department says Google’s conduct harms competition...
The COVIDSafe bill doesn’t go far enough to protect our privacy. Here’s what needs to change
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The Australian government will need to correct earlier misstatements and improve privacy protections to gain the trust of the millions of Australians being called on...
Here’s how tech giants profit from invading our privacy, and how we can start taking it back
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Australia’s consumer watchdog has recommended major changes to...