Oil giant Chevron has defended a job recruitment form which asks how many "stillbirths" an applicant has had, stating that the form was “"guided by industry standards to ensure staff are safe and fit to work" and was lawful.
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The Australian Government’s Community Attitudes to Privacy survey has concluded, finding that Australians are becoming more concerned about privacy risks.
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The controversial adverts promulgated by the UK Home Office urging illegal immigrants to “go home” has been banned by the ASA on the basis that it was misleading.
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An advert by high interest loan specialists Wonga has been ruled ‘irresponsible’ by the Advertising Standards Authority for giving the impression that the process of taking a high interest loan was one that could be taken lightly.
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The ASA has rejected a series of complaints lodged against an advert for Beats Electronics International Ltd which parodied the popular smash ‘Blurred Lines’ by Robin Thicke.
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Twitter’s legal papers filed ahead of its stock market flotation have revealed that the social network earned $47.5 million from the sale of data to companies that analyse it for marketing insights.
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A Freedom of Information response has disclosed that the Australian government knew of the NSA’s massive Prism undisclosed surveillance apparatus, “at least two months” before it was reported in the media.
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Australian telephone network provider Telstra has announced that it is to launch a carrier aggregation device offering download speeds of up to 150 megabits per second by the end of the year on mobile devices.
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Rupert Murdoch has drawn a barrage of online criticism after Tweeting an alleged link between The Guardian newspaper and the BBC to his almost half a million followers.
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The race director of the Tour Down Under has launched a Supreme Court defamation action against broadcaster SBS over claims he covered up doping in professional cycling.
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Twitter has claimed that “less than” 5% of its accounts are spam accounts, and has announced a massive purge of the debris ahead of its stock market flotation.
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Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman has revealed he considered quitting the programme after the revelations about child abuser Jimmy Savile and a report which led to the wrongful identification of Lord McAlpine as a paedophile.
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