Emeritus Professor Margaret Jackson

Margaret conducts research in the areas of computer law, protection of information, data protection and privacy, and copyright. She is a member of the User Centred Design Group located in the Co-operative Research Centre for Smart Internet Technology.

Margaret is the author of Hughes on Data Protection in Australia, LawBook Co 2001, A Practical Guide to Protecting Confidential Business Information, LawBookCo, 2003, and co-author of Electronic Information and the Law, Thomson Reuters, 2011.

• Bachelor of Law (Melb)
• Graduate Diploma of Continuing Education (UNE)
• Master of Business by thesis (RMIT)
  Thesis topic : Computer Misuse Law and its Implications for Australian Company Managers
• PhD (Melb)
  Thesis topic: The Development of Australian Law to Protect Undisclosed Business Information

Recent book chapters

• M Jackson and M Shelly, ‘Identifying the Factors that Lead to a Successful Intermediary in Electronic Commerce’, in Lee (eds) The Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Global Economy, 2010, IGI Global.
• M Jackson, ‘Data Breaches’, in B Rosenberg (eds), Handbook of Financial Cryptograph and Security, Taylor and Francis, pp 521-554, 2010.
• M Jackson and M Shelly, 'Search engines and Australian law: Commercial fair dealing or copyright infringement?' in R. Grimm, B. Hass and J. Nutzel (eds) Virtual goods: Technology, economy, and legal aspects, 2008, Nova Publishers, New York, 125-147.
• S Singh, M Jackson and J Beekhuyzen, ‘The Bank and I: Privacy, Banking and Life Stage’ in Handbook of Research on Social and Organizational Liabilities in Information Security, 2008 ICI Global,161-174.

Recent monographs

• Blake, Meredith., Singh, Supriya., Jackson, Margaret, and Daniel, Vinod. (Eds). Casting the Net Symposium: A joint Smart Services CRC/ RMIT/ Australian Museum forum exploring issues of intellectual property and traditional knowledge in digital cultural collections, Sydney, 17 September 2010. Casting the Net Symposium - September 2010 (accessed 20 June 2011)
• Jackson, M., Watty, K. Yu, L. and Lowe, L., (2006) Assessing Students Unfamiliar with Assessment Practices in Australian Universities. Prepared for The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Ltd.
• Jackson, M., Watty, K. Yu, L. and Lowe, L., (2006) Inclusive Assessment: Improving Learning for All. Prepared for The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Ltd.

Recent refereed articles

• M Shelly and M Jackson, ‘Copyright and Contracts: the Use of Electronic Resources Provided by University Libraries’, (2012) 12 Legal Information Management 124.
• M Jackson, ‘Wikileaks: Why no laws were broken’, Law Institute Journal, March 2012.
• K Watty, M Jackson and L Yu, ‘Students’ Approaches to Assessment in Accounting Education: The Unique Student Perspective’ (2010) 19 (3) Accounting Education: an international journal 219.
• K Treloar and M Jackson, ‘Well done is better than well said: a thematic analysis of strategy and planning in AUQA Cycle 1 audits 2002-2007’, (2009) 9 International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, pp111-128.
• M Jackson,‘The ALRC Proposal for a Data Breach Notification Law’, (2009) 83 Law Institute Journal, May, pp34-37.
• M Shelly and M Jackson, ‘Consumers Online’, [2009] 17 International Journal of Law and Information Technology 180.
• M Jackson, J Ligertwood, M Shelly and J O'Donnell, 'Killing the Cheque' (2008) 5 Journal of Internet Business 27 http://jib.debii.curtin.edu.au/issues.htm.
• M Jackson and M Shelly, ‘Sub-Prime Lending, its Deficiencies and the Government Responses’ [2008] 23 Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 523.
• J O’Donnell and M Jackson, ‘Australian Case Studies in Mobile Commerce’, [2007] 2 Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research 1-18.
• M Jackson and M Shelly, Authorisation of Copyright Infringement: New Developments in the Online Environment, [2007] 2Commercial Law Journal 26-39.
• C Gould, M Jackson, R Van Schyndel, and J O’Donnell, ‘Mapping the mobile landscape in Australia’, First Monday, volume 11, number 11 (November 2006), URL: http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_11/gould/index.html.
• M Jackson and J Ligertwood, ‘Identity management: Is an identity card the solution for Australia?’, [2006] 24 Prometheus 379.
• M Jackson, C Morley and R O’Connor, ‘Culture and attitudes fostering entrepreneurship: how does Australia compare?’ [2006] 5 International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management 89.
• M Jackson and K Treloar, ‘Participation of Women in the Knowledge Economy: Entrepreneurial Activities and Inventions’,[2006] 5 International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management.
• M Jackson and M Shelly, ‘Black Hats and White Hats: Authorisation of Copyright Infringement in Australia and the United States’, [2006] 14 International Journal of Law and Information Technology 28.
• M Jackson, 'Information Privacy Management by Digital Rights Management Systems', [2005] 55 Telecommunications Journal of Australia 52.
• M Jackson, ‘Board Confidentiality’, [2005] LAWASIA Journal 109.

• Simple Privacy, $75,000, CRC Smart Services(2011-2012)
• Online vaults, $55,000, CRC Smart Services (2010-11)
• Virtual Safes. $10,000, State Trustees, (2010).
• Museum Online Collections, $35,000, CRC Smart Services, with Paul Coghlin (2009-2010).
• Research paper on Identity and Privacy, CardLink Pty Ltd, $15,000 (2009-10)
• Graduate Entry Professional Masters Programs in Accounting and Law: Academic Standards, (project leader, with Rosalind Mason, QUT and Glennda Scully, Curtin University, $209,000, Australian Teaching and Learning Committee (2009-2010).
• Small Business and Use of Online Media Channels, $50,000, CRC Smart Services (2008-9), with Marita Shelly, Jonathan O’Donnell and Ben Leong.
• Mortgage Fraud Report, The Distillery Ltd, $7500 (2007), with Marita Shelly and Julian Ligertwood.
• Enhancing the Professional Standing of Postgraduate Accounting Programs in Offshore Locations: Building Relationships to Enhance the Employability of Graduates, $56, 800 (2006-2007), AVCC, with Kim Watty (team leader), Eveline Fallshaw, Kate Fremantle (CPA).
• Towards the ‘Semantic Web’: Standards and Interoperability across Document Management and Publishing Supply Chains, $180,000 (2006-2008) ARC Linkage Grant, with Mary Kalanztis (Chief Investigator), Bill Cope, Bill Martin, Fuji-Xerox.
• Assessing Students Unfamiliar with Assessment Practices in Australian Higher Education, $100,000, Carrick Institute for Teaching and Learning (2005-2006), with Kim Watty, Eveline Fallshaw and CPA Australia.
• Impact of Changing Roles in E-Commerce and M-Commerce, $80,000 (2005-2007), CRC Smart Internet Technology