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The anonymous nature of Bitcoin payments has caught the attention of tax authorities and other regulators.

The tide of regulation is sweeping across cybersecurity, one of the biggest risk issues faced by businesses today.

The Federal Court has found in favour of Bullet Creative Pty Ltd, a design company and its employee, Mr Petro, in its dispute with Dais Studio Pty Ltd (Dais) over copyright in Dais's source code of the website content management system it has developed.

Recent high-profile data breaches highlight the increasing importance of hyper-vigilance in relation to cyber-security.

This article explores the latest legal, regulatory and project updates in Blockchain and Digital Law in Australia.

Cloud computing services have been on offer for many years – most noticeably with free consumer services ranging from the launch of Hotmail to Gmail and social media sites like Facebook. But the scale and use of cloud computing – in particular as an enterprise or business solution – is being heralded as the next big thing in the IT industry.

This UK case is an important first step in the consideration of the legal duties which software developers may owe.

The Australian Government's exposure draft proposes a proactive, systems-based digital duty of care for online service providers, requiring them to ensure a 'safe online environment' so far as reasonably practicable.

Cricket Australia threatened to lock media organisations out of the fourth Ashes Test due to rebroadcasting of moving images from previous Tests over the internet.

Proposed legislation currently before parliament introduces mandatory reporting obligations for ransomware payments.

Big Data, at least in its unstructured or semi structured form, is very unlikely to be entitled to copyright protection.

The article analyses what the Full Federal Court says about metadata regulation in Australia, and what it doesn't.

The broad scope of the Inquiry terms of reference ensured that it had implications beyond competition and consumer laws.

On 3 December 2003, the Hon Daryl Williams, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Robert Hill, and the Attorney-General, the Hon Phillip Ruddock, issued a joint news release announcing the introduction of a new government information security initiative.

Sensible and practical steps should help your business to reduce the risk of disputes from arising in the first place.

Understanding who can be held liable for defamatory statements requires examining the complex legal concept of publication in defamation law. From traditional publishers to modern digital intermediaries, the scope of liability extends far beyond the original author, though recent Queensland legislation has introduced important exemptions and defences for certain online actors.

On 21 August 2006 the first ever electronic lodgement of a discharge of mortgage occurred in Victoria.