The Banking Executive Accountability Regime was enacted in February 2018; a month later the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority released a consultation draft of its new Prudential Standard CPS 234 on information security. It requires that an APRA-regulated entity ‘clearly define the...

The submission’s main points are focused on consumer protection issues relating to:• the adequacy of the ACL;• data access and limitation;• dark patterns; and• dispute resolution.Specific recommendations are highlighted in the discussion below. (Note that this submission does not...

A ‘third wave’ of computing is emerging, based on widespread use of processors with data handling and communications capabilities embedded in a variety of objects and environments not previously computerised, such as refrigerators, buildings, cars, fitness trackers and hairbrushes. With the...

The beginning of the 21st century saw the beginning of substantial debate on “open access” to the Internet and the related concept of “network neutrality”. This paper is a short introduction to some of the complexities of the debate, focussing on the difficulties of attempting to...