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Social networks and mobile phones negate privacy laws

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 21 August, 2008 to the comment subset

Outgoing Chief Justice of the Australian High Court, Justice Murray Gleeson, has questioned the relevancy of privacy laws, given the apparently increasing willingness of people to discuss private matters on mobile phones in public, and divulge what was previous regarded as "personal information" on social networking websites. "I used to think that having a telephone conversation was normally private. But you can't walk down the street without hearing ... Read full entry

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