How safe is our data from the long arm of the law?

New legislation which aims to expose the communications of serious criminals might undermine the security of Australian citizens in the name of protecting it.

Striking a new balance between data, privacy and power

In the wake of the U.S. Facebook debacle, Dr Vanessa Teague and Dr Chris Culnane of the University of Melbourne argue we need to rein-in data harvesting with more user control and allow less data collection.