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Another iSignthis customer has assets frozen amid ASIC investigation – 2 January 2020
ASIC has launched court action to freeze the assets of tech group iSignthis due to allegations they are linked to online trading scams, groups disclosures and the type of clients held.
Fairwork investigates company guarding Melbourne’s New Year celebrations – 28 December 2019
The biggest public safety challenge on the Victorian calendar – Melbourne’s New Year’s Eve fireworks display – has been left in the hands of a security company under investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman for its opaque employment arrangements and use of subcontracted guards.
Australian banking ends a year from hell as ‘the face of unconscionable greed’ – 25 December 3019
Article summarises the woes of the big banks over the last year including the outcomes of the banking royal commission, the scandals such as charging dead people fees, signing up vulnerable people to useless insurance and systematically undermining the retirement nest eggs of workers through high charges and poor investment returns.
Police using facial recognition cameras at Victoria’s busiest stations – 25 December 2019
Victoria Police is quietly using a facial recognition technology called iFace to identify criminal suspects at 85 of the state’s busiest police stations. The program uses algorithms to measure features such as face width and the distance between nose, eyes and mouth before comparing the image against the facial characteristics of known offenders.
