In this episode Jeannie Baxter take a closer look at the recent data leaks from Optus and Medibank Private and raises the question of who owns your personal data, and why do media giants like Google and Facebook believe that your online life experience belongs to them? As Jeannie discusses, the field of data collection is huge - and involves not only the data users are willing to share but also what is known as “incidental” data: the data that you wouldn’t normally share online, including things like emails, health records, trips, calendar entries, and, through targeted algorithms, your likes, dislikes, motivations, wishes, in other words your life experience. It's the wild West out there” and at present there is no set remedy for preventing leaks such as those in the recent past. At the end of the interview Jeannie suggests some organisations that listeners can turn to to help protect their own data and to address data leaks if they have occurred.
This episode was first broadcast on Radio Blue Mountains 89.1FM on 4/11/2022. Rights, Rorts and Rants is broadcast from 4pm to 6pm on 89.1FM or can be live streamed from rbm.org.au. If you'd like to add to the discussion, you can leave an audio comment about our show, which may be added to one of our podcasts..Apply to be a guest on our show. Join BMUC.
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