Facial analysis software used by 7-Eleven has been found in breach of Australia’s privacy laws, with the chain harvesting 1.6 million Australian faces over the 10 months to August this year.

Pete Bosilkovski has resigned as CEO of Clemenger BBDO Sydney. After helming the agency through the pandemic, he's taking time out to spend more time with family before deciding what to do next.

Former Samsung media boss Beau Curtis thinks marketers have been stripped of almost all powers. Of the four Ps, they are left only with promotion, the rest – product, price and place – swallowed up by corporate machinations. So he did the only sensible thing and started a community brewery. Amid a huge trend towards localism and local producers, Samsung's corporate marketing cull could end up being craft beer's gain.

Veteran PHD joint National MD Lucy Formosa Morgan will exit the agency in a broad restructure which has seen her fellow joint MD Stuart Bailey elevated to Chief Operating Officer amid a raft of new promotions. 

Willie Pang, former MediaCom Australia CEO, has been named CEO of digital payments company Limepay.

About 5,000 people tuned in yesterday to see a plucky Seven reclaim its rights as the broadcast ratings leader for 2022, hint at bullish forward advertising demand through to the March quarter and all but close the gap on Nine’s 14 million logged in users next year by adding 3 million registered viewer IDs via the 2022 Winter Olympics and Commonwealth Games. It's bidding to become a “full marketing funnel” media house.

As the race for effective attention measurement heats up, Publicis Group joins the runners, stating brands can start buying media programmatically using Playground xyz’s platform.

Nunn Media has acquired performance agency Alley, in a move that bolsters its e-commerce, digital and creative skills. Which means one of Australia’s largest indie agencies just got a bit bigger.

A dance shared on TikTok with the hashtag #EmpowerMoves is actually a carefully choreographed sequence of self-defence actions, designed by UN Women Australia to teach and empower young women.