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The CeBIT Asia business trade event in Shanghai this October is to focus on the China market’s giant logistics, automation and materials handing industry as the event again co-locates with the CeMAT Asia Expo.
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PERTH-based smartcard specialist ERG is not giving up without a fight, and may now launch a $250 million damages claim against the NSW state government over the Tcard public transport ticketing debacle. |
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NEARLY ten years after embarking on a plan to build an integrated ticketing system for all public transport, the NSW Government has scrapped its controversial Tcard project after countless delays and cost overruns. |
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ONE quarter of Australians say they regularly provide false information on online forms as a way of protecting their privacy, according to a national survey commissioned by the Office of the Australian Privacy Commissioner. |
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NEWLY-installed Human Services Minister Chris Ellison has moved quickly to soothe Access Cards opponents as government prepares for a second shot at getting the smartcard proposal through the Senate. |
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THE Commonwealth’s peak ICT standards-setting body, the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has released the final two components in its long-awaited Smartcard framework. |
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A US federal government plans to introduce smartcard-based driver’s licenses with biometric photographs has been questioned by Senators and civil libertarians as too expensive and invasive of people’s privacy. |
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THE Howard Government has been forced to take proposed legislation for its $1 billion health and welfare smartcard back to the drafting table after a stinging criticism of the Access Card by a Senate committee. |
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OVERCOMING privacy issues was a pre-requisite to continued growth and adoption of a range of e-commerce, eGovernment and eHealth services, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates says. |
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HUMAN Services Minister Ian Campbell has moved to allay concerns that the stricter ID requirements of the planned government Access Card would make it harder for under-18s to access health care. |
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CIVIL libertarians and privacy advocates have stepped up their campaign against the proposed Federal Government smartcard just weeks after enabling legislation for the so-called Access Card was introduced to parliament. |
