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OAIC reports just 11 COVIDSafe privacy complaints

Australia’s national privacy office received only 11 complaints regarding COVIDSafe since it was launched earlier this year, with attention turning away from the contact tracing app which is yet...

Privacy office to report on COVIDSafe in weeks

18 November 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The country’s privacy regulator will release its first report on COVIDSafe within weeks, with the national audit office also considering scrutinising the federal government’s controversial contact tracing app. The...

‘Right to erasure’ considered in Privacy review

6 November 2020 | by James Riley

The federal government will consider introducing a direct right of action to enforce privacy obligations, a right to erasure and a statutory tort of privacy as part of a...

Privacy office faces ‘remarkable’ drop in funding

26 October 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The federal opposition has questioned a “remarkable” drop in support for the national privacy office in the coming years, with the organisation left waiting on whether government funding will...

Privacy office calls for data sharing fix

8 July 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government’s privacy office has called for changes to legislation facilitating data-sharing agreements with other countries in order to protect the personal data of Australians. Australia Information and...

Privacy safeguards useless without funding

18 May 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Australia’s privacy office “urgently” needs more funding to properly conduct its oversight role of the COVIDSafe contact tracing app, with Labor calling for three standalone commissioners to also be...

Consumer Data Right gets its road rules

11 May 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The privacy and competition watchdogs have outlined how they plan to enforce the rules and laws surrounding the Consumer Data Right, which will be launched into the banking sector...

National privacy team created for crisis

30 March 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Australian privacy laws won’t stand in the way of the federal government’s COVID-19 pandemic response, but regulators will work to ensure all initiatives are proportionate and time-limited, Information Commissioner...

Privacy chief takes Facebook to Federal Court

10 March 2020 | by James Riley

Social network giant Facebook is facing the prospect of fines of more than $1 billion in Australia in relation to privacy breaches that date back six years to the...

OAIC investigates ‘dangerous’ face recognition app

28 January 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The Australian Privacy Commissioner has launched an inquiry into a “really dangerous” facial recognition app that its founder has said is already being used by police in Australia. Clearview...

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