The University of Western Australia notified students and alumni of the breach of its Callista student information system as investigations into the extent of the “random attack” continue. The university said personal information held in Callista that was accessed included names, residential addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, course details and photos.
Social media is diminishing Meta market power. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it is looking to understand the potential social media competition and consumer protection issues that matter most to consumers, businesses and advertisers, including, the degree of competition between social media services and trends in mergers and acquisitions by social media platforms.
The consumer watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), took Google to the Federal Court last year. The Federal Court found Google represented to some Android users that the setting titled Location History was the only account setting that affected whether Google collected, kept and used personally identifiable data about their location.
Martech keeps taking larger bites out of marketing budgets: 17.3% last year, 19.9% this year, 23.5% next year, and 30.9% five years from now, according to the latest CMO Survey. This despite barely more than half (56.4%) of current tools being used and nearly half (48.8%) of the survey respondents reporting worse-than-expected results. Oddly enough, marketers rate selecting marketing technologies as the thing they do best.