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Privacy Awareness Week (May 3-9, 2021) is here with a theme of ‘Make privacy a priority’, so I thought I would write about the importance of organisations conducting Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) on technologies that collect and manage personal data, especially...
There has always been the necessity to ask for consent before taking, sharing, or publishing photos or videos of others, but the simple fact is technology has made many of us less empathetic to the wishes of others before clicking that share button or thinking about...
This year has been really tough and I’m sure we are all counting the days to 2021, yet there is an important topic I’d like to quickly touch on before the New Year – already being labelled the ‘Year of Consent’ – and that is the term meaningful consent. 2020 may have...
I applaud all schools who have taken up the essential cause of protecting student privacy online during this pandemic. In fact, a positive outcome of this horrible experience is the triggering of necessary improvements in the selection and use of technology at schools...
HAVE YOU HEARD OF ‘FUNCTION CREEP’? IT’S THE GRADUAL WIDENING OF THE USE OF A SYSTEM OR TECHNOLOGY BEYOND THE ORIGINAL USE FOR WHICH IT WAS INTENDED. A recent get-together with friends revealed that this is one of those important topics that get parents talking. Many...
EVERY PARENT, OR INDEED ANYONE WHO HAS RECENTLY BINGE-WATCHED ‘OUR NICOLE’S’ EMMY AWARD-WINNING PERFORMANCE IN BIG LITTLE LIES, WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH THE EMOTIONALLY-CHARGED CHALLENGE OF KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE IN SCHOOL. The proliferation of social media and the rise...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1515977035509{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"]With National Child Protection Week launched earlier this month, there’s been a fair bit of talk about our children’s behaviour online and the associated risks of “being...
RECENTLY A FRIEND OF MINE FELL OUT OF FAVOUR WITH SOME OF THE PARENTS AT HER DAUGHTER’S SCHOOL. THERE WAS A MOMENT OF STANDING TOE-TO-TOE IN THE PLAYGROUND, SUPPORTERS EVENLY DIVIDED, BEFORE SHE WAS ABLE TO ELICIT A PROMISE FROM THE PARENT IN QUESTION TO “REMOVE MY...
DID YOU KNOW OVER 80% OF DATA BREACHES IN AUSTRALIA THIS YEAR OCCURRED IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR? I didn’t either until I asked a member of my team to conduct some quick research of our own, and of the 6 publicised data breaches in Australia between January and July...
One of the main reasons I started my own digital business over 5 years ago was because I was increasingly concerned about the impact social media would directly have on my young daughter. The dilemma was that although I wanted her to enjoy the positive aspects of...