Will the new Australian Health Privacy Law provide adequate protection?

Does the Android Permission System Provide Adequate Information Privacy Protection for End-users of Mobile Apps?

This paper investigates the Android permission system and its adequacy in alerting end-users of potential information privacy risks in an app. When an end-user seeks to install an app, they are presented with the required permissions and make a supposedly informed decision as to whether to install that app based on the permissions presented. The results from an analysis of ten popular apps indi...

Protecting HIV confidentiality after Urbaniak v. Newton: will California's constitution provide adequate protection?

The Place of Privacy in Data Protection Law

The concept of privacy has rarely featured explicitly in Australian law and legal discourse. The modest prominence it currently enjoys is due mainly to the enactment and gradual extension in coverage of data protection legislation, most notably in the form of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). This is not to say that the interest in privacy remains unprotected by other elements of the law in Australia...

Do British travel agents provide adequate health advice for travellers?

Travel-related illness is a burden for primary care, with more than two million travellers consulting a general practitioner each year. The annual cost of travel-related illness in the United Kingdom is 11 million Pounds. Travel agents are in a unique position to influence this burden as the most common and most serious problems are preventable with simple advice and/or immunisation. This study...

Analysis the privacy statement of the American Public Libraries and provide privacy statement for public libraries in Iran

Aim: The purpose of this study was to review the privacy statement of the American top public libraries and provide privacy statement for users of public libraries in Iran. Method: The research method is a combination of descriptive survey and Delphi library. The research community consisted of 25 American public libraries based on the rankings of the American Library Association's libraries. T...