Are you a Managed Service Provider (MSP)? Here are 5 reasons why you need to get your Customer Agreement reviewed by an experienced Technology Lawyer. Here are 5 reasons you cannot ignore: Reduce friction in the onboarding process by having a customer agreement that addresses all commercial and legal points your customer is expecting, resulting …
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Airbnb releases new anti-party technology following a successful pilot in Australia. Airbnb first changed its position on parties in August 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially, this party ban was designed to enforce social distancing efforts, especially after Airbnb became a popular option to host events after bars, restaurants, and clubs had …
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The Attorney General has invited Australians to have their say on new defamation reform proposals pertaining to search engines and social media sites. Australia’s uniform defamation legislation was drafted 18 years ago. As such, the Meeting of the Attorney General has agreed to release the exposure draft amendments to the current review of the Model …
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Sony PlayStation is subject to a first-of-its-kind lawsuit over alleged overcharging of its digital game purchase prices. The proceedings have been brought as a collective action on behalf of all UK PlayStation consumers by Alex Neill. The claim is that Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited, Sony Interactive Entertainment Network Europe Limited, and Sony Interactive Entertainment …
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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has partnered up with the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) to explore possible use cases for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in Australia. Contrary to its name, a CBDC is different to decentralised digital assets, such as Bitcoin. CBDCs are solely controlled by a central authority, like …
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Before launching your e-commerce site it is recommended that you contact an IT attorney to discuss the legal issues that can impact on you via the website. Websites can be the subject of legal disputes and many of them have been scrutinised by the courts for many years in relation to a range of different …
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Lawyers need to embrace technology so that they understand the business environment and landscapes that their clients operate in. Without a solid understanding of this framework, clients will find it frustrating to deal with a lawyer because it will require significant explanation about what the client considers to be relatively simple concepts. By engaging a …
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The High Court of Australia has released a significant judgment, finding by a majority that Google did not publish defamatory material by operating its search engine. The case of Google LLC v Defteros [2022] HCA 27 concerned a user-generated search query, resulting in a link to a third-party website containing content about the Victorian criminal …
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The Productivity Commission has released its 5 Year Productivity Inquiry. This report highlights key challenges facing Australian businesses and the decrease in productivity in the last 20 years, particularly in the services sector. The Productivity Commission discusses preceding productivity-related challenges and proposes avenues for future productivity success via: Data, digital technology, and cybersecurity Innovation and …
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The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) recently released an advice notice for entities that are collecting personal information for COVID-19 purposes. In its advice, the OAIC recommended that entities review their privacy and personal information practices and adjust as necessary to comply with changing privacy and health regulations. The OAIC recommended considering three …
