In the decision of Inchcape Australia Limited v Chubb Insurance Australia Limited [2022] FCA 883, the Federal Court of Australia interpreted the terms of an insurance policy in the case of a cyberattack. The facts of the case include a ransomware attack on Inchcape, destroying the company’s data on its primary server, offsite backup, and …
Australian organisations, businesses and individuals can now register for a new category of domain names in Australia. This category is known as “.au direct” and will allow website URLs to drop dot com variants, ie. “www.example.au” rather than “www.example.com.au”. Australian entities with an existing “.com.au” suffix have priority registration until 20 September 2022 to register …
The Commonwealth Ombudsman released its annual report of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (Cth). This report detailed the inspection of agencies’ records relating to stored communications and access to telecommunications data between 1 July 2020 and 30 June 2021. The investigation discovered a serious lack of compliance by law enforcement agencies, such as …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …