Our commentary on the pressing legal issues facing the Australian technology and telecommunications industry.
Faceless terrorists consistently frequent platforms such as Facebook to proliferate online abuse. Consequently, the Australian Government has proposed a new law to crack down on internet service providers and social media platforms to actively remove harmful content online.
Despite the final draft of the Australian Government’s News Media Bargaining Code being watered down, Google still holds a firm stance that the advocated law will be unworkable.
Following the proliferation of tech empires and major digital platforms, the European Union aims to take the lead in regulating digital markets going into 2021.
With an unpredictable 2020 coming to a close, it is necessary to take a look at how COVID-19 is predicted to transform legal and regulatory reform going into 2021 and the future.
Australia and Singapore have entered into a Digital Economy Agreement (DEA) which is said to set ‘new global benchmarks for trade rules, and a range of practical cooperation initiatives, to reduce barriers to digital trade’ and proliferate the digital economy.
The Financial Rights Legal Centre, Consumer Action Law Centre, and Financial Counselling Australia have banded together to challenge current privacy laws in Australia.
In light of digital disruption due to COVID-19, the Australian Government has made a push to reform and modernise television regulation in Australia.
In an attempt to combat crime in the online sphere, the Australian Government is pushing to radically expand its law enforcement powers, which some argue, will come at the cost of peoples’ privacy and civil liberties.
Amongst the frenzy of Black Friday, leaked Amazon documents present a possible contravention of Australia’s surveillance laws.
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has launched a 5 year cybersecurity strategy to protect financial institutions and related entities from cyber-attacks.
The Australian e-Safety Commissioner has instructed a Parliamentary Committee to conduct a deep inquiry into ‘family, domestic and sexual violence’ connected to Google’s and Facebook’s platforms.
On 17 November 2020, Epic Games, creators of the widely popular game Fortnite, filed a lawsuit in the Federal Court of Australia to ‘end Apple’s anti-competitive restrictions on mobile device marketplaces.’ The case could have ground breaking results for Apple’s App Store business
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The Australian Government has released an arguably rushed exposure draft to the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill in an attempt to take charge in situations of national cyberattacks.
If you are a CSP, there are numerous obligations and best practices that you should comply with under the Code in relation to your interactions with your customers.
In late October 2020, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security completed its review of the mandatory data protection regime enshrined in the controversial Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (Cth) (Act).
The Australian Government’s upcoming News Media Bargaining Code has been flagged by Google as legislation that will drastically alter and negatively affect Google’s search engine and its related systems.
In response to the systematic problems unearthed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Digital Platforms Inquiry in late 2019, the Attorney-General’s Department has engaged in a thorough review of the Privacy Act 1988 to ensure the legislation reflects modern technological practices.
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