April 2020

Welcome to the 1st anniversary edition of A Techno-Legal Update, a podcast bringing to you vignettes from the intersection of law and technology, and a word or two about sport. This podcast (@TechLegalUpdate) is an independent production by me, Ravi Nayyar (@ravirockks). This special episode of the show is devoted to the intersection of cyber resilience and corporate governance. It does not feature me analysing news stories myself, but rather comprises an interview with two experts in said intersection and all round good souls, Dr Cary Di Lernia and Ms Irene Halforty.  I cannot thank Cary and Irene enough for sitting down with me because their insights are just marvellous. Whether you are new to cyber resilience or corporate governance, or have a fairly decent grasp thereof, there is something for you in this wide-ranging discussion! Please subscribe, and give the show a rating or review, wherever you listen to it. Do recommend it to your networks because I want to grow the policy conversation from each episode and learn from our listeners! The show also also has a LinkedIn page and a Medium Blog, so do check them out and give them a follow! The Medium Blog, in addition to promoting the show, will provide analysis of issues from the intersection of law and technology that are not directly covered in episodes of the show. I have recently posted an analysis of an Australian unfair dismissal case with a cyber dimension, so please check it out! Disclaimer: All views expressed in this episode are of the speakers and do not reflect those of any organisation which they are, or have been, affiliated with in any fashion.

Welcome to the second season of A Techno-Legal Update, a podcast bringing to you vignettes from the intersection of law and technology, and a word or two about sport. This podcast (@TechLegalUpdate) is an independent production by me, Ravi Nayyar (@ravirockks).  This edition analyses:  1. Twitter's permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump.  2. The Australian Government's efforts to strengthen defence export control legislation.  Please subscribe, and give us a rating or review, wherever you listen to us. Do recommend us to your networks because we want to grow the policy conversation from each episode and learn from our listeners!  We now also have a LinkedIn page and a Medium Blog, so do check them out and give them a follow! The Medium Blog, in addition to promoting the show, will provide analysis of issues from the intersection of law and technology that are not directly covered in episodes of the show. For instance, I have recently posted analyses of the Assange extradition judgement and the cyber dimension of the insurrectionist attacks against the US Capitol, while Theodore Totsis (who guest co-hosted the December 2020 edition with me) looked at Google's removal of news sites from the search results of certain Australians.  Disclaimer: All views expressed in this episode are mine and do not reflect those of any organisation which I am, or have been, affiliated with in any fashion.

Welcome to the eighth edition of A Techno-Legal Update, a podcast bringing to you vignettes from the intersection of law and technology, and a word or two about sport.  This podcast (@TechLegalUpdate) is an independent production by me, Ravi Nayyar (@ravirockks).   This month, I have the pleasure of Theodore Totsis guest co-hosting the show with me. You can reach out to him on LinkedIn.  This edition analyses:  1. The recent compromise of prominent IT vendor, SolarWinds, as part of what experts suggest to be a global espionage operation.  2. Three proposed types of warrants to counter cybercrime that are contained in the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2020 (Cth).  Disclaimer: All views expressed in this episode are those of the speakers alone and do not reflect those of any organisation which the speakers are, or have been, affiliated with in any fashion.

Welcome to the seventh episode of A Techno-Legal Update (@TechLegalUpdate), a podcast bringing to you analysis of significant developments at the intersection of law and technology.  This edition analyses:  1. The Australian Prime Minister’s view that a TikTok ban is unnecessary despite his warning of the application’s links to China.  2. The non-usage thus far by the AFP and ASIO of their statutory powers (granted in 2018) to compel certain technology companies to provide technical assistance for investigations.  Disclaimer: This episode was produced by me, Ravi Nayyar (@ravirockks), as part of my role as Special Interest Group, Technology, Officer for the Communications, Entertainment and Technology Law Committee of New South Wales Young Lawyers (@cetlaw).

Welcome to the sixth episode of A Techno-Legal Update (@TechLegalUpdate), a podcast bringing to you analysis of significant developments at the intersection of law and technology.  This edition analyses:  1. The Australian Government’s increased funding of Australia’s cybersecurity assets.  2. A significant multinational law enforcement operation to target a leading provider of encrypted communications systems to criminals.  3. A ruling by the Ninth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals concerning Facebook’s tracking of users while they were logged out of Facebook.  Disclaimer: This episode was produced by me, Ravi Nayyar (@ravirockks), as part of my role as Special Interest Group, Technology, Officer for the Communications, Entertainment and Technology Law Committee of New South Wales Young Lawyers (@cetlaw).

Welcome to the fifth episode of A Techno-Legal Update (@TechLegalUpdate), a podcast bringing to you analysis of significant developments at the intersection of law and technology.  This edition analyses: 1. The Australian Government’s committing to refund $721 million in debts levied through the ‘Robodebt’ program.  2. The technology companies, Amazon, IBM and Microsoft, announcing that they will no longer allow police to access their facial recognition products.  Disclaimer: This episode was produced by me, Ravi Nayyar (@ravirockks), as part of my role as Special Interest Group, Technology, Officer for the Communications, Entertainment and Technology Law Committee of New South Wales Young Lawyers (@cetlaw).

Welcome to the fourth episode of A Techno-Legal Update (@TechLegalUpdate), a podcast bringing to you analysis of significant developments at the intersection of law and technology.  This edition analyses: 1. The arrest of a woman by New South Wales Police Force Cybercrime Squad detectives on charges of knowingly dealing with the proceeds of crime, and acting as an unregistered digital currency exchange provider.  2. Toll Group’s suffering a second ransomware attack for 2020.  Disclaimer: This episode was produced by me, Ravi Nayyar (@ravirockks), as part of my role as Special Interest Group, Technology, Officer for the Communications, Entertainment and Technology Law Committee of New South Wales Young Lawyers (@cetlaw).

Welcome to the third episode of A Techno-Legal Update (@TechLegalUpdate), a podcast bringing to you analysis of significant developments at the intersection of law and technology.  This edition analyses:  1. The Prime Minister of Australia’s statement that Australians will not be forced to download the government’s forthcoming COVID-19 contact tracing application.  2. The Australian Signals Directorate’s successful operations against cybercriminals targeting Australians.  3. The greater scrutiny faced by video and teleconferencing applications like Zoom from privacy regulators.  Disclaimer: This episode was produced by me, Ravi Nayyar (@ravirockks), as part of my role as Special Interest Group, Technology, Officer for the Communications, Entertainment and Technology Law Committee of New South Wales Young Lawyers (@cetlaw).

Welcome to the second episode of A Techno-Legal Update (@TechLegalUpdate), a podcast bringing to you analysis of significant developments at the intersection of law and technology.  This edition analyses:  1. The commencement of civil proceedings by Australia’s data protection regulator against Facebook, Inc and Facebook Ireland.  2. The American FCC’s being poised to announce fines for 4 large US telcos for selling their subscribers’ real-time location data.  3. The proposed ‘EARN IT Act’, which has been introduced in the US Senate, and the concerns surrounding its implications for encryption if enacted.  Disclaimer: This episode was produced by me, Ravi Nayyar (@ravirockks), as part of my role as Special Interest Group, Technology, Officer for the Communications, Entertainment and Technology Law Committee of New South Wales Young Lawyers (@cetlaw).

Welcome to the first episode of A Techno-Legal Update (@TechLegalUpdate), a podcast bringing to you analysis of significant developments at the intersection of law and technology.  This edition analyses: 1. Australia’s newly announced National Blockchain Roadmap.  2. The consideration by the Commonwealth Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology of ‘screen scraping’ as part of its inquiry.  3. Apple’s shelving of plans to fully encrypt backups of iPhones in its iCloud service following complaints by the FBI.  4. The passage of legislation in the US, which requires the Department of State to report to the US Congress on its regulation of the licensing regime for the export of cyber tools and capabilities.  Disclaimer: This episode was produced by me, Ravi Nayyar (@ravirockks), as part of my role as Special Interest Group, Technology, Officer for the Communications, Entertainment and Technology Law Committee of New South Wales Young Lawyers (@cetlaw).