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).