Last night Yarra Council passed a motion to “investigate” banning smart glasses at Council leisure centres, childcare centres and playgrounds. Such a broad ban with carve outs for people with low vision or other disabilities would be difficult to enforce.... See more
Any online service needs to give priority to security. That is all the more important for health and educational services. Mathspace is an online service. Unfortunately Mathspace has suffered a significant data breach. More than a million people have been... See more
The dystopian effects of using smart glasses have been grist for the political mill. Smart glasses have been called pervert glasses by the Greens who want them banned. The Government equivocated over the weekend and came out today, through the Attorney Ge... See more
Today the Attorney General released an Exposure Draft of the Privacy Amendment (Personal Data Protection) bill 2026 and a Consultation Paper . The Government has set a very narrow window for submissions, a little under 3 weeks. Consultations close on 18 S... See more
It is well established that individuals have actionable claims for breach of privacy, in the form of misuse of private information, for photographs or videos taken in public. The two significant cases are Campbell v MGM Ltd UKHL 22 and Murray v Big Pictur... See more
