https://padlet.com/mariaosullivan/8aofk8ri7nnuyy6u How can FOI and privacy laws assist? If at all? en-us 2022-03-24 12:56:19 UTC 2022-03-28 02:54:26 UTC hello@padlet.com mariaosullivan https://padlet.com/mariaosullivan/8aofk8ri7nnuyy6u/wish/2111796770 2022-03-24 13:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mariaosullivan/8aofk8ri7nnuyy6u/wish/2111796770 https://padlet.com/mariaosullivan/8aofk8ri7nnuyy6u/wish/2113532396  I do believe that laws are to some extent a bit slow to deal with issues regarding technology these days. For example, online infringement or disclosing of trade secrets to someone through a qualified person such as an employee used to work in a company. FOI can basically assist by protecting this information, applying penalties etc… though it is challenging.]]> 2022-03-25 10:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mariaosullivan/8aofk8ri7nnuyy6u/wish/2113532396 https://padlet.com/mariaosullivan/8aofk8ri7nnuyy6u/wish/2114676017 Rising cost of living and access to social security - FOI can help people to review Centrelink's decisions to refuse payments or issue debts by giving them access to Centrelink's reasons.]]> 2022-03-26 08:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mariaosullivan/8aofk8ri7nnuyy6u/wish/2114676017 https://padlet.com/mariaosullivan/8aofk8ri7nnuyy6u/wish/2115113583 FOI can help to expose misuse of government funds and keep politicians accountable by requiring them to provide receipts/share what they have used the funds on.]]> 2022-03-26 21:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mariaosullivan/8aofk8ri7nnuyy6u/wish/2115113583 https://padlet.com/mariaosullivan/8aofk8ri7nnuyy6u/wish/2115147306 Where a person donates tissue for genetic testing for diagnostics and research, this may be used for research where samples are de-identified and consent (or ethical waiver) for use is obtained. That is, privacy laws theoretically do not apply. But the .1% of a person's genetic information that is unique to you is always enough to identify you. This is the basis of genetic genealogy (or investigative genetic genealogy). This means that genetic information in tissue samples for research purposes is always identifiable. ]]> 2022-03-26 23:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mariaosullivan/8aofk8ri7nnuyy6u/wish/2115147306 https://padlet.com/mariaosullivan/8aofk8ri7nnuyy6u/wish/2115169226 Really an interesting and challenging area - taking on board Maria's lecture. Looking forward to discussing this in class! ]]> 2022-03-27 00:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mariaosullivan/8aofk8ri7nnuyy6u/wish/2115169226 https://padlet.com/mariaosullivan/8aofk8ri7nnuyy6u/wish/2115257568 FOI records have been important in exposing the failures of government , and its agencies. For example child protection records provided via FOI has shown how the government agencies failed to provide proper protection for children who were made wards of the state etc. ]]> 2022-03-27 04:12:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mariaosullivan/8aofk8ri7nnuyy6u/wish/2115257568 https://padlet.com/mariaosullivan/8aofk8ri7nnuyy6u/wish/2116212184 Due to Aus' lax privacy laws, I worry that big companies (Meta, Google, the Big 4 Banks) will lobby against tightening privacy laws in the Privacy Act Review (as has already been noted in meetings with A-G). This will essentially allows those companies to carry out adverse practices in Australia that have been outlawed in other countries. See eg Operation Ironside.]]> 2022-03-28 02:29:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mariaosullivan/8aofk8ri7nnuyy6u/wish/2116212184 https://padlet.com/mariaosullivan/8aofk8ri7nnuyy6u/wish/2116247569 With increasing developments in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality as well as Facebook's future development of the Metaverse, I worry about the implications that these technological developments will have on people's privacy. With the establishment of the metaverse imminent, privacy laws need to be equipped to deal with the level of societal harm and individual privacy violations that mixed reality technologies may cause. ]]> 2022-03-28 02:54:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mariaosullivan/8aofk8ri7nnuyy6u/wish/2116247569