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This weekly blog is to explore the news around the larger issues around Digital Health, data security, data privacy, AI / ML. technology, social media and related matters.
I will also try to highlight ADHA Propaganda when I come upon it.
Just so we keep count, the latest Notes from the ADHA Board were dated 6 December, 2018 and we have seen none since! It’s pretty sad!
Note: Appearance here is not to suggest I see any credibility or value in what follows. I will leave it to the reader to decide what is worthwhile and what is not! The point is to let people know what is being said / published that I have come upon.
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https://www.innovationaus.com/govts-anti-trolling-bill-should-be-scrapped-law-council/
Govt’s anti-trolling bill should be scrapped: Law Council
Denham
Sadler
National Affairs Editor
26 January 2022
Legislation aimed at preventing online trolling is unlikely to be effective, may lead to increased censorship by tech giants, and leave victims with no legal recourse, the Law Council of Australia has warned.
The federal government is currently consulting on its proposed Social Media Anti-Trolling Bill, which would enable those who believe they have been defamed to identify anonymous posters of the material via a court order, and reverse the High Court’s Voller decision that administrators of social media pages are liable for defamatory comments posted by third parties.
In a scathing submission on the legislation, the Law Council said the reforms will do nothing to address social media trolling, and may actually restrict the recourse available to people, encourage social media giants to censor posts and should be delayed until a nation-wide review of defamation laws is completed.
“While the intentions of this draft bill are laudable, it is not likely to achieve the outcomes it seeks and we think there are better alternatives already being investigated,” Law Council of Australia president Tass Liveris said.
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Planning for telecommunications CDR rules and open finance are underway
Consultation for the telecommunications CDR rules and standards will commence shortly.
Written by Campbell Kwan, Journalist
on January 25, 2022 | Topic: Innovation
The federal government has formally designated telecommunications as the next sector to see the Consumer Data Right (CDR).
A sector can only be part of the CDR regime after the federal government formally designates what classes of information or data can be used in applying the regime into that specific sector.
For the telecommunications sector, the classes of information designated for applying the CDR will be generic and publicly available product data, product data that relates to particular products used by consumers, and basic consumer and account data such as data available to consumers on their bills or through online accounts or mobile apps.
Now the formal designation is complete, the government will commence consultation with industry and government stakeholders on the rules and standards to apply to the telecommunications sector.
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Inman Grant's reappointment as eSafety commissioner comes with new powers
With the Online Safety Act now in effect, the eSafety commissioner can order social media platforms to more expeditiously take down cyberbullying content.
Written by Campbell Kwan, Journalist
on January 24, 2022 | Topic: Security
The federal government has reappointed Julie Inman Grant as the country's eSafety commissioner.
The reappointment comes simultaneously with the Online Safety Act, which passed last year, officially coming into effect.
"The Online Safety Act commences operation [on Sunday] and Ms Inman Grant's reappointment provides certainty, particularly to community organisations and industry who have been working with the office of the eSafety Commissioner for some time," said Paul Fletcher, the Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts.
Inman Grant was first put into the role in 2016, months after the Office of the eSafety Commissioner was established under the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
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National facial recognition database to transition to new provider
By Justin Hendry on Jan 28, 2022 1:20PM
As part of managed services shakeup at Home Affairs.
The Department of Home Affairs has moved to replace the managed services arrangement behind its three major identity matching services, including the controversial national facial recognition database.
The super-agency began scouring the market for a new service provider on Thursday to ensure its identity matching services (IDMS) solution remains “highly reliable” for users across the economy.
IDMS is a bundle of systems operated by Home Affairs on behalf of the federal, state and territory governments to help prevent identity fraud and aid law enforcement with criminal investigations.
It include the document verification service (DVS) – used for basic identity document checks – and one to one and one to many facial verification through the face matching services (FMS) facility.
The IDMS also comprises the national drivers licence facial recognition solution (NDLFRS), which together with an interoperability hub that connects matching requests with FMS is commonly referred to as ‘the Capability’.
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Home Affairs seeking support to build out Australia's identity-matching system
A government tender has been published seeking new components to build, deploy, and host the country's identity-matching services.
Written by Aimee Chanthadavong, Senior Journalist
on January 28, 2022 | Topic: Security
The Department of Home Affairs is looking for an organisation to help it build and deploy components for the country's identity-matching services (IDMS), as well as host and manage elements of the existing IDMS system.
The IDMS was established to prevent the use of false and stolen identities, provide law enforcement with tools to help identify persons of interest, and enable other government agencies to deliver services. This was established after the political heads of Australia's states and territories unanimously agreed to it in 2017.
It comprises three components, with one being the documentation verification service (DVS), a national online service used to check in real time whether a particular evidence-of-identity document that has been presented is authentic, accurate, and up to date.
Another is a face-matching services hub (FMS), which acts as "broker" that facilities identity-related requests for biometric and biographic data between requesting agencies and data holding agencies.
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Friday, 28 January 2022 12:33
Tech leaders make their World Data Privacy day thoughts public on Jan 28, 2022
It's World Data Privacy Day, during Privacy Awareness Week, with some top tech leaders making their thoughts public on how to stay private.
World Data Privacy Day is today, January 28, although the Office of The Australian Information Commission and Stay Safe Online are celebrating a data privacy week, and this year, individuals are encouraged to “Own Your Privacy” by learning more about how to help protect the valuable data that is online, and businesses to “Respect Privacy”.
So, what are some top tech leaders stating?
David Maunsell, CEO of Haventec states:
“Our lives have become increasingly dependent on online and digital interactions that generate massive amounts of data containing private information. We often see the responsibility of data privacy fall into the hands of consumers, expecting them to understand the intricacies of cyber security to protect themselves.”
“Meanwhile, regulatory bodies have called on businesses to know and respect their customer’s right’s while also protecting every bit of data they hold for their customers. Enterprises are resorting to increasingly complex and expensive mechanisms to protect sensitive information resulting in a poor customer experience.
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https://wildhealth.net.au/are-our-booking-engines-having-an-existential-moment/
27 January 2022
Are our booking engines having an existential moment?
After years of rapid growth in customer base and functionality our major booking engines look like they are all struggling to work out where they go from here.
This week’s announcement that 1st Group has acquired telehealth video software vendor Visionflex was confusing for a whole lot of reasons.
Although there are obvious links between a booking engine group and a telehealth video software vendor in that a booking engine can add the telehealth functionality to their clients offering, the objective could be just as easily achieved through an integration with a vendor. In fact, by going the integration path with a range of vendors, you can offer your clients a more flexible range of options in video telehealth.
If you read deeper into the ASX announcement of this deal you quickly realise that it’s not actually 1st Group acquiring Visionflex. It’s the major shareholders of Visionflex getting into the booking engine business.
When the deal is completed, Visionflex’s major shareholders will control 57% of the company and although initially the board will be 3:2 in favour of the old guard, the new guard is well and truly in control.
What does the new guard have in mind?
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https://wildhealth.net.au/600-increase-in-mhr-pathology-views/
25 January 2022
600% increase in MHR pathology views
Apps COVID-19 Government MHR
Holly PayneADHA Propaganda
Hear ye, hear ye!
Visitors to the My Health Record pathology site have multiplied by almost six times – an increase of 580%, to be exact – over the past year.
The virtual record has been routinely criticised for its limited functionality and low uptake in the past, making this increase a relatively novel development.
The
Australian Digital Health Agency (noble guardians of the MHR) credit the uptick
to consumers accessing covid-19 PCR results.
According to ADHA, results are often uploaded and available to view on MHR
before people receive a text from the pathology lab.
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https://itwire.com/security/data-privacy-laws-will-increasingly-dominate-business-worldwide.html
Thursday, 27 January 2022 11:25
Data privacy laws will increasingly dominate business worldwide
By Staff Writer
Data privacy will continue to become a more significant consideration and it’s going to be exceedingly difficult to do business anywhere in the world without encountering data privacy laws, according to Richard Marr, General Manager, APAC, Auth0, a product unit of Okta.
Marr made his comments today to coincide with Data Privacy Day in Australia, also observing that as technology has changed, data privacy laws have had to evolve, especially in making it easier for consumers to understand and influence how their data is being used.
“GDPR itself was a response to consumer demand for privacy and security, and it serves as a benchmark for other data privacy laws, including Australia’s,” added Marr.
Acording to Marr, as cyber threats multiply in volume and techniques used to target the institutions and their users become increasingly sophisticated, we are seeing more regulatory changes in Australia.
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Streaming services edge out commercial free-to-air TV for first time
11:00PM January 23, 2022
Australians’ consumption of online subscription services such as Netflix and Binge surpassed that of linear commercial free-to-air television for the first ever time in 2021, marking a seismic shift in established viewing trends that will likely provoke further disruption to media policy.
The second annual media content consumption survey, commissioned by the federal Department of Communications and conducted by the Social Research Centre, found that 62 per cent of Australian adults reported watching screen content on an online subscription service in 2021 (up from 60 per cent in 2020), while 58 per cent said they viewed linear commercial free-to-air television at some point in 2021 (down from 61 per cent in the previous year).
It is the first time a survey of this magnitude has found that more Australians watch online subscription services than linear commercial free-to-air television.
There was also a decrease in viewership in 2021 of publicly owned free-to-air television (excluding catch-up TV), dipping to 50 per cent from 53 per cent in 2020. Nearly three in five respondents (56 per cent) used free video streaming services such as YouTube, Twitch or Tubi.
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Law Council wants anti-trolling law delayed
2:01PM January 24, 2022
The Law Council of Australia wants the federal government to delay its anti-trolling bill until a wider review is completed. In its submission on the Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill 2021 exposure draft, it says proposed defamation reform may not accurately target the problem.
The council is not alone in its critique of how to stop trolls on social media. While supportive of taking some action, lawyers, defamation experts and social media companies themselves have questioned the approach.
Criticism has included that defamation law reform is effectively only available to wealthier Australians, and that defamation law won’t capture the myriad of cases where social media comments are not personally defamatory, but nevertheless devastating for people relentlessly attacked on social platforms.
“While the intentions of this draft bill are laudable, it is not likely to achieve the outcomes it seeks and we think there are better alternatives already being investigated,” says council president, Tass Liveris, who also commends the government for considering the issue.
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Telcos wary as gov presses on with consumer data right expansion
By Ry Crozier on Jan 24, 2022 5:38PM
Argue that promise of lower internet bills may not materialise.
The government is hoping that Australian internet and phone customers will be able to lower their bills by understanding their usage patterns better, but the industry is unconvinced of the plan.
The federal government on Monday afternoon formally expanded the consumer data right (CDR) to the telecommunications sector, in addition to applying to the banking and energy sectors.
In banking and energy, customers are able to request data that providers hold on them and then give it to another provider, either for further analysis or to transfer services between providers.
The extent to which this can be replicated in the telecommunications sector was questioned by Telstra in July 2020, and a year-and-a-half on, those doubts remain.
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Online Safety Act to tackle cyber bullying and child sex abuse
Sexual predators and “vile” internet trolls will be targeted by tough online safety laws designed to crack down on cyber abuse.
January 23, 2022 - 11:06AM
NCA NewsWire
Social media giants, sexual predators and online bullies have been put on notice, with Australia’s eSafety commissioner granted greater powers to police the internet.
The Online Safety Act, which passed parliament in 2021, officially came into effect on Sunday.
Changes included in the Act include a world first cyber abuse take-down scheme to better protect children and adults from online bullying.
The eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has also been given the authority to order online platforms to remove the “worst of the worst” content – including child sexual abuse material and terrorist material – no matter where it is hosted.
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