Corporate surveillance, government data collection, data broker exposés and privacy tool testing. We follow the data, not the press release, and we explain what the consent disclosures actually authorise.
Australia's data broker sector operates largely outside public view. We identified the major players, investigated their data sources and documented the opt-out processes that mostly don't work. A comprehensive guide to an industry that knows more about you than your own bank.
Mobile advertising identifiers are the backbone of an industry that profiles billions of people without meaningful consent. We traced a single identifier through the data broker ecosystem.
Australia's data broker sector operates largely outside public view. We identified the major players, investigated their data sources and documented the opt-out processes that mostly don't work.
Australia's Document Verification Service and National Facial Biometric Matching Capability give government agencies access to a photo database that citizens never consented to create.
Modern vehicles generate detailed telemetry. Insurance companies, manufacturers and third-party data brokers have built a market around this data. Your consent is in the terms of service.
Brave, Firefox, Safari and a half-dozen alternatives all claim superior privacy. We ran technical testing on each and compared the claims against the behaviour.
The Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Act created new rights for Australians. Most people do not know they exist. Here is what you can now request, correct and delete.
We placed a network monitoring device between a connected home and the internet for 30 days. The volume and destinations of outbound data from 'smart' appliances was surprising.
Technical deep dives into privacy policies, data practices and the gap between what companies say and what their software does. Using network analysis, policy comparison and legal review.