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The Australian Government has announced a range of short term and long term measures to assist Australian media businesses in light of COVID-19 and its impact on the sector. In addition to new industry relief measures, the Government and key regulators such as the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) have announced that various media reform initiatives already underway in 2020 will be accelerated, delayed or altered in some…

For the third year running we have undertaken our Cloud Survey, in which we reach out to individuals within our firm clients and partner organisations in the cloud services space. We use the survey to uncover trends in this important marketplace, and to understand buyers’ and providers’ key objectives, hesitations and criteria for procurement and contracting. While this year a greater majority (66%) of survey respondents were in a legal role, procurement, marketing, IT, InfoSec and…

In July and August 2015, a Canadian dating website operator, Avid Life Media (ALM), was subject to a data breach. The Australian Privacy Commissioner and the Privacy Commissioner of Canada investigated the incident together and released a joint report regarding their findings. The affected websites included the Ashley Madison dating website which had users in over 50 countries. Among other disclosures, the unauthorised access resulted in the online posting of details from approximately 36 million…

Drones are becoming increasingly common in the private and commercial spheres. Here are three things you should know about drones and related legal issues:What Are Drones?Drones—otherwise known as remotely piloted aircraft (RPAs), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)—are aircraft without a human pilot aboard.Drones can vary significantly in terms of size, sophistication, function and cost, and can be used for a variety of purposes ranging from purely personal / recreational uses to…