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• The AFP enhances its ICT capabilities

  The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has announced the launch in a new 'Innovation Centre' aimed at trialling the latest in ICT to help the organisation better tackle crime.

• Has Facebook killed the undercover cop?

  Face-recognition technology and the near-universal adoption of social networking tools by teenagers could have already made future covert police and intelligence operations difficult, if not impossible, according former Australian Federal Police commissioner Mick Keelty.

• Watchdogs welcome Australia's right-to-privacy move

  The Australian Privacy Foundation (APF) and Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) have welcomed the government's announcement of a public consultation into introducing a statutory right to privacy.

• AFP to overhaul antivirus, anti-malware security

  The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is to overhaul its data and systems security shortly, with the deployment of new organisation-wide antivirus and anti-malware suites.

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  Data retention fine as it is: AFP

  The Federal Attorney-General department’s proposed data retention regime would bolster evidence used to combat cybercrime, but would not add significant information that isn’t currently accessible.

• AFP, Abacus offer up Christmas online safety tips

  The Australian Federal Police (AFP), in conjunction with mutual banking sector industry body Abacus, have outlined their top tips for safe online shopping this Christmas.

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  Authorities won't rule out legal action in iPhone Ikee case

  Local authorities have refused to indicate whether any action will be taken against the Australian programmer who claimed to spread the world’s first iPhone virus.

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  PM's site suffers Anonymous DDos attack

  Threats from protest group Anonymous to disable the website of the Australian Prime Minister appear to have rung true.

• Tail of e-health must not wag the dog of personal health care: report

  The protection of the individual is the primary function of personal health care data and the tail of health administration and research must not be permitted to wag the dog of personal health care, according to an Australian Privacy Foundation (APF) policy position document.