Should you trust an AI chatbot with your mental health?
Millions are using Headspace, Wysa, Youper and other popular therapy chatbots, but can AI replace a professional counsellor?
How Your Data Is Used
Digital doppelgangers throwing lives into chaos
A recent ruling says that Services Australia has a duty to prevent your records from getting mixed up with another person’s.
Bunnings facial recognition program ruled illegal
In a case exposed by CHOICE, the privacy commissioner has found the business breached the Privacy Act.
Real estate agency doxxes tenant after negative review
In a case that ended up with the OAIC, a real estate agency published a renter’s personal information in an act of retaliation.
Photos of Australian kids found in huge AI training data set
Human Rights Watch says that photos of Australian kids have been used without consent. What can you do about it?
Did online therapy provider BetterHelp breach Australian laws?
The therapy platform was fined almost $12 million in the US for illegal data sharing.
Privacy commissioner orders tenancy database operator to delete renter’s data
The business was found to have held on to information more than twice as long as allowed.
Worried your address, birth date or health data is being sold? You should be
Australians don’t know and can’t control how data brokers are spreading our personal information.
Does Netflix track your personal data?
We take a look at the information Netflix is collecting about you, and why.
Predatory advertising targets financially vulnerable Australians
Australians struggling to make ends meet are being segmented into categories such as ‘struggleville’ and ‘slender meanz’.