This week, Arj and Jordan talk about the human impact of law enforcement uses of facial recognition, and check in again on the Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill after a damning round of Senate committee hearings. They also cover the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner's (OAIC) current funding challenges and complaints backlog, and talk about why adequate funding for the OAIC is critical, especially now, as other regulators (such as the Australian Competition and Consumer Comission) are becoming more active in the privacy space.

This week Arj and Jordan touch briefly on a discussion paper from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's ongoing Digital Platform Services Inquiry, and Treasury's review of the News Media Bargaining Code. Then, a discussion about crypto and whether there are any tech policy lessons emerging from the awful war in Ukraine.

This week Arj and Jordan check in on the (surprisingly rapid) progress of the Critical Infrastructure Bill and pick through the most recent Notifiable Data Breach statistics from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. They also discuss Rod Sims legacy as the outgoing Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commissioner, how he has led the Commission's recent focus digital platforms and privacy, and the trade-offs of regulating privacy through a market and consumer lens.

In this episode, Jordan and Arjun cover the ABC's recent news media bargaining code payday and dig into some privacy criticisms of the national broadcaster's decision to move ahead with mandatory logins for it's popular streaming platform iView. They also unpack some comments from ASIO chief Mike Burgess in response to the politicisation of his agency's work and discuss the extremely broad powers customs officials have to search electronic devices at the border.

In this episode, Jordan and Arjun take a look at the US Internal Revenue Service's decision to step back from the use of facial recognition technology, in the face of hearty opposition from privacy advocates. In rapid fire fashion, they also step through each of the tech bills being jammed through Federal Government right now.

In this episode, Jordan and Arjun discuss the broader implications of the Government's "mis-named" anti-trolling legislation, they unpack the privacy commissioner's ruling against the Australian Federal Police's use of Clearview AI facial recognition service, and recap the unsurprising decision by NSW to not move ahead with electronic voting.

In this episode, Jordan and Arjun dive into the Government's latest attempts to fix social media, this time by tackling anonymous social media profiles. They compare the UK's missive against facial recognition service Clearview AI with Australia's ruling a few weeks ago. Finally, the guys dicuss the growing use of external consultant by Government departments for tech projects, and what this means for privacy and security outcomes.

In this episode, Jordan and Arjun look more closely at the Information Commissioner's audit of the major banks' compliance with CDR privacy safeguards. They also engage in a healthy bit of state v state rivalry, on the back of recent announcements from the NSW and Victorian governments on digital technology. In closing, Google's $1bn investment in Australia's digital future gets a critical look.

In this episode, Jordan and Arjun discuss the Federal Government’s new ‘critical technologies plan, exploring whether it's covering everything a national plan should cover. They also debate the value of principles, in light of the Government's release of new supply chain principles. 

A speech about the future of the internet also gets both the guys rather excited. We round off the episode with the latest developments in facial recognition.