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24 Feb 2021
Facebook Unfriends Australian Government for Earthquaking Monopoly Board
On 18 February 2021, Facebook made good on its threat to block Australians from accessing, viewing or sharing Australian or International news content on the social media platform.
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22 Feb 2021
FB’s Fast Buck
Not sure what the Two Bergs have been talking about today, but the American one keeps insisting that the Australian one fundamentally misunderstands FB’s business model.
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15 Feb 2021
Home Affairs breaches privacy and ordered to pay compensation to asylum seekers
The Department of Home Affairs has been ordered to pay compensation to 1,297 asylum seekers after mistakenly publishing their personal information online in 2014.
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27 Jan 2021
Bill introducing stricter security obligations for food and grocery wholesalers
On 10 December 2020, the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2020 was introduced to Federal Parliament, requiring food wholesalers and distributors, electricity, defence and data providers, among others, to disclose cyber breaches and conduct regular reporting on ownership, ...
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27 Jan 2021
(Some) Privacy to the People (Maybe)
The Attitudes to Privacy Survey conducted by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner in 2020 (Privacy Survey) reported that privacy is an increasing area of concern for Australians, with 9 in 10 wanting ‘more choice and control over their personal information’.
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22 Jan 2021
Business Interruption and a COVID-19 Exclusion Clause
Rockment Pty Ltd was the owner of a cafe and restaurant, ‘Vanilla Lounge’. Vanilla Lounge’s business was impacted by the lockdown laws imposed by Victoria in response to COVID-19. Rockment made a claim with its insurer, AAI Limited trading as Vero Insurance (Vero), with respect to business interrupt ...
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22 Jan 2021
But we only used the customer data for our IT project...
As we move further into the digital era and now, by necessity thanks to the recent global pandemic, businesses are all striving to provide an easy online customer experience.
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5 Jan 2021
COVID-19 virtual company meetings and electronic execution of documents
2020 has been a year that has required rapid adaptation, both in the law and otherwise. In particular, the COVID-19 pandemic has provided challenges for companies to execute documents and for officers, shareholders, or members of a registered scheme to meet face-to-face for meetings.
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5 Jan 2021
Responsibilities of Directors
Suppose your clients are directors of their own businesses. In that case, they should ensure that they comply with general and specific laws applying to their Company’s operations and have regard to the interests of creditors if the Company is insolvent or bordering on insolvency.
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16 Dec 2020
AFCA or the Court?
In a recent decision of the Supreme Court of NSW, Stevenson J considered whether the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) had the authority, jurisdiction or power to deal with complaints arising from the conduct of a representative of DH Flinders Pty Ltd (DH Flinders), a holder of an Aus ...
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