Data privacy Archives

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Privacy concerns as students given access to all University of Sydney IDs

Students can access the UniKey of any student, staff, or senior management personnel.

July 28, 2021 Deaundre Espejo and Samuel Garrett

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Intranet reveals staff information, floor plans, million service requests

Detailed floor plans and thousands of campus security requests were openly accessible to students.

May 30, 2021 Samuel Garrett and Marlow Hurst

Features // Technology

The living laboratory: how the University watches your every move

From wi-fi tracking and facial recognition, to analysing your behaviour on blackboard

May 18, 2017 Natassia Chrysanthos

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16-year-old claims to be behind USyd data breach

Tom Joyner (@tomrjoyner) investigates USyd’s would-be child hacker.

February 13, 2015 Tom Joyner

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Thousands of students’ data at risk in University security breach

A security breach in one of Sydney University’s IT systems has potentially left thousands of students’ data in the possession of hackers. Tim Asimakis reports.

February 12, 2015 Tim Asimakis

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USyd set to share enrolment information; students now eligible for concession Opal cards

Tom Joyner trades his privacy for a fortune in opals

February 2, 2015 Tom Joyner