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UNBELIEVABLE: Carly kind | History Defined

I gave my number at an open house. How do I get random real estate agents to stop harassing me?

The law is on your side, policy professional Kat George writes. It’s worth making spam and privacy complaints

The Guardian - AU

Landmark privacy determination puts rent tech platforms on notice. But renters remain vulnerable

One of Australia’s most-used tenancy application platforms has breached privacy laws, Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind has ruled.

The Conversation

Rental platform unnecessarily collected the data of millions of Australians, privacy commissioner finds

2Apply’s over-collection of personal information adds to the power of the real estate industry in the competitive rental market, Carly Kind says

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Kmart Breached Privacy Laws By Using Facial Recognition Tech To Combat Refund Fraud

The commissioner found the retailer’s use of the tech put customers at “risk of commercial surveillance".

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'Shady practice': Kmart face-scanning breaches privacy

Shopping giant Kmart plans to challenge a finding that it violated people's privacy with facial surveillance as experts say it's a clear warning to other firms.

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Political parties hold vast amounts of data about Australians. Experts say it’s a growing risk

Ransomware attack puts focus on privacy risks for political parties, which are exempt from many data protection obligations

The Guardian - AU

How did you get my number? Inside the shadowy world of data brokers

When political spam landed in Priya Dev’s inbox during the last election campaign, she decided to track down the source

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Personal details of financially distressed Australians shared in ‘leads list’ of property development course

Master Wealth Control, trading as DG Institute, breached privacy laws by sharing names and addresses, regulator finds

The Guardian - AU

Hardware Giant Ordered To Stop Facial Recognition Tech Use Releases Horrific Footage In Response

"Our use of FRT was never about convenience or saving money but was all about safeguarding our business and protecting our team." The post Hardware Giant Ordered To Stop Facial Recognition Tech Use Releases Horrific Footage In Response first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Bunnings Warehouse Breached Privacy Laws By Using Facial Recognition On Customers

Bunnings Warehouse has been found to have breached the privacy of customers thanks to the use of facial recognition technology.

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Fists, knives, guns: why Bunnings turned to facial data

Lowest prices were just the beginning for hundreds of thousands of Australians whose facial data was recorded by Bunnings without their consent.

AAP

Bunnings breached privacy with 'intrusive' facial recognition technology

Bunnings has already said it will review the decision.

Newcastle Herald

Bunnings breached privacy of customers by using facial recognition, watchdog finds

Hardware chain breached law by scanning faces of everyone entering the store against a database of banned customers

The Guardian - AU

Privacy regulator drops pursuit of Clearview AI as Greens call for more scrutiny on use of Australians’ images

OAIC says decision stands that company must cease collecting images and delete those on record, but Clearview AI is yet to prove compliance

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Third-party providers a customer data ‘weak spot’, Australian privacy commissioner says

Carly Kind’s comments come after major leak of customer data collected by IT provider for NSW and ACT clubs

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