The UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, was an independent community of scholars based at UNSW Sydney that operated from 1 November 2017 until 1 June 2024. It sought to add breadth and depth to research on the diverse interactions among technological change, law, and legal practice. It had influence over academic and policy debates through its engagement with the legal profession, the judiciary, industry, government and the broader community and its many submissions to policy processes.

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Submission: On the Digital Platform Inquiry

This submission, by Katharine Kemp, Stream Co-Lead of Data as a Source of Market Power, responds to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission...

Rachael Falk

Data use, public trust and consumer trust

Allens Partner Valeska Bloch caught up with Allens Hub advisory board member,and CEO Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre Rachael Falk

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Submission: PJCIS Mandatory Data Retention Scheme

Allens Hub researchers Dr Monika Zalnieriute and Genna Churches prepared a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and...

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Submission: PJCIS Identity-Matching Services

Allens Hub researchers Genna Churches, Dr Monika Zalnieriute and Hub Director Professor Lyria Bennett Moses prepared a submission to the Parliamentary...

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Submission: NSW Mandatory Reporting Scheme for Data Breaches

Allens Hub researchers Genna Churches, Dr Monika Zalnieriute and Professor Graham Greenleaf prepared a submission to the New South Wales Inquiry into...

Anton Didenko

New Fordham International Law Journal article by Hub researchers offers a complete taxonomy of currencies

Hub researchers Anton Didenko & Ross Buckley propose in their new article a comprehensive taxonomy of existing currency types used in different types...

Ross Buckley

How to regulate the new Facebook cryptocurrency?

Allens Hub Fintech stream lead, Ross Buckley co-authors an article examining the regulatory implications of Libra – a new private cryptocurrency...

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New report on distributed ledger technology in Asia by Hub researchers

Allens Hub researchers Ross Buckley and Anton Didenko have co-authored a report of the Asian Development Bank on regulatory practices and challenges...

Panel at WLS

Hub produces report exploring legal frameworks and law reform ideas for emerging technologies around the world.

Experts recently convened for the Allens Hub world legal summit event.  Australia kicked-off the event which comprised a series of local events in...