This explainer identifies four current trends in workplace monitoring and surveillance: prediction and flagging tools; biometrics and health data; remote monitoring and time-tracking; and gamification and algorithmic management.

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission’s administration of the Biometric Identification Service project.

Smartphone technology essentially allows us to carry a computer in our pocket, but what happens to all the data that is collected? The consumer implications raised in this report include security versus convenience; legal issues related to privacy and consent; examples of current uses of biometrics in Australia and their corresponding privacy issues; and reference...

Foreword Biometric technologies make use of an individual’s unique biological characteristics to identify them in their dealings with government and business. Common biometrics include fingerprints, iris recognition, voice pattern recognition and facial recognition, among others. There has been a considerable increase in the uptake of biometric technologies by a number of organisations in recent years...