Yes, Eastern Europe is indeed a hotspot for cybercrime. On this week’s Patch Monday podcast, former police officer Stephen McCombie explains why. McCombie is now a lecturer at the Centre for Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism at Macquarie University. Russia is the perfect breeding ground for online crime, he says, because it has as many…
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17 March, 2011 by
St Michael in Uncategorized
Vodafone’s recent breach of privacy laws has triggered a check on all other telcos by the communications regulator, which is concerned poor practices are more widespread. One telco source said that Vodafone’s recent privacy woes had attracted significant scrutiny from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), and the industry was being forced to clean…
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17 March, 2011 by
St Michael in Uncategorized
There’s a groundswell of dissent against the increasing invasion of consumers’ privacy by companies and the risks it poses for identity theft. With her long chestnut hair, lawyer Katherine Lane mightn’t look much like Luke Skywalker but that’s the name she gives to nosy retailers who needlessly demand personal details. The principal solicitor with the…
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