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BHP to trial own contact tracing app on sites

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Original article by Nick Evans
The Australian – Page: 16 : 8-May-20

BHP will shortly commence field trials of a coronavirus contact-tracing app that has been developed in-house. BHP will initially trial the app at its mines in Chile, although the app may be rolled out across its global operations. BHP has stressed that employees and contractors can choose not to use the app, and it says data gathered by the app will only be accessed by the company’s health and safety officers. BHP is also encouraging its Australian employees to download the federal government’s COVIDSafe app.

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Google hit with $6.9bn EU fine

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 17 & 19 : 19-Jul-18

Google has been ordered to pay a record fine of EUR4.34bn ($6.9bn) for breaching anti-trust laws in Europe. The case centred on Google’s practice of requiring smartphones that use the Android operating system to be sold with Google’s own apps and services already installed. The European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, says Google has sought to entrench the dominance of its search engine via Android. The European Union had previously fined Google EUR2.42bn in 2017 for giving its own products and services priority in search engine results.

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Over 90% of Australians lack understanding of how leading apps use data

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 16-Jul-18

Roy Morgan’s privacy survey has found that more than 90% of Australians aged 14+ are either "not sure" or only "somewhat understand" how several leading apps use and/or share their data. This includes 94.6% of Australians who use Apple apps, 94.3% of Twitter users, 94.0% of Instagram users and 93.7% of Snapchat users. The findings are based on interviews with a representative sample of 967 Australians drawn from Roy Morgan’s Single Source panel. Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine says that despite the concerns raised about the potential misuse of personal data, only a tiny minority of Australians (between 5-10%) believe they "fully understand" how companies such as Apple, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat and Google use and/or share their personal data.

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