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Draft laws to stamp out money laundering – 17 October 2019
Organised crime costs the Australian economy up to $47 billion each year. People travelling in and out of Australia may soon have to declare all forms of non-cash money over $10,000. (e.g cheques and travellers cheques).
Is Australia’s new whistleblower protection regime whistling against the wind? – 16 October 2019
With only 11 weeks to go until Whistle blowing policies must be implemented, ASIC has issued a Draft Regulatory Guide to assist organisations, however the guide may risk the hindering the objectives of the Whistleblower Protections Act, because some provisions appear to extend an organisation’s obligations beyond what is required and seek to impose a detailed and complex policy.
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NAB: Australian small businesses targets of half of all cybercrime – 16 October 2019
National Australia Bank (NAB) has launched the Small Business Cyber Security Summit & tool kit to help businesses understand how they can better protect themselves from Cybercrime.
Make-up techniques a potential weapon against unwanted facial recognition surveillance – 15 October 2019
Australian Government is currently reviewing a bill, that if successful, would allow the Department of Home Affairs to draw biometrics from driver’s licence photos and share it across Commonwealth, state and territory agencies for identity matching. In the meantime, scientists in Europe are working to overcome so-called “obfuscation” and “impersonation” techniques (such as make up to make a person look old) that allow people to fly under the radar from unwanted surveillance.
