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Privacy primer - edition 4

  • Gadens Lawyers
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  • Australia
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  • June 14 2013

There is a new Australian Privacy Principle 7 (APP 7) which will come into effect on 12 March 2014 and deals solely with the subject of direct

Court absolves Google of responsibility for misleading sponsored links

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia
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  • May 7 2013

On February 6 2013, in Google Inc v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the High Court upheld the appeal of Google Inc against the

Media privacy in print media: read all about it

  • Gilbert + Tobin
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  • Australia
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  • March 18 2013

One aspect of the Government's response was particularly unexpected. The Federal Attorney General in September 2011 released an issues paper A

Logging off for life: testators should plan carefully for the post-mortem management of digital assets

  • Colin Biggers & Paisley
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  • Australia
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  • February 25 2013

In Australia, to date at least, there has been little, if any, recognition of the importance of estate planning for digital assets. In the absence of

Social media as a recruitment tool: are there legal implications?

  • Holding Redlich
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  • Australia
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  • November 20 2012

Australian employers are increasingly using social media to find out about candidates for employment

Super media - the rise of social media

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • Australia
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  • October 3 2012

At the time of their wedding over 12 months ago, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge requested that their privacy be respected, while they settled into marriage

Global action taken against global Microsoft Imposter telemarketing scam

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia, Canada, Global, USA
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  • September 28 2012

Joint action between the ACMA, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Canadian Radio television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has led to court orders being obtained against US-based and India-based parties involved in the global 'Microsoft Imposter' phone scam

Privacy law reforms: changes on the way for direct marketers

  • Clayton Utz
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  • Australia
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  • August 16 2012

Under the proposed changes to Australia's privacy laws, direct marketers will be required to comply with a new privacy principle specifically regulating the use of personal information for direct marketing

Apple fined $2.25 million for iPad with WiFi 4G

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia
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  • June 22 2012

The Federal Court has imposed a $2.25 million penalty on Apple and ordered it to pay $300,000 in legal costs in relation to advertising which was found to breach the Australian Consumer Law

Protection of confidential information in the age of social networks

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
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  • Australia
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  • June 1 2012

The sophistication and proliferation of modern technology, and the ways in which that technology is being used by employees, give rise to a host of challenges for employers, including how best to protect confidential information