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Five data breaches hit a million-plus Australians in six months

Five data breaches impacted more than a million Australians each in the second half of 2022, according to new data that also reveals a 41 per cent increase in...

Rod Sims to chair National Data Advisory Council

28 February 2023 | by Justin Hendry

Former competition watchdog Rod Sims will chair the council tasked with advising the National Data Commissioner on issues relating to the federal government’s new data sharing scheme. Mr Sims,...

Bunnings, Kmart facial recognition probe to be complete within months

14 February 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

The privacy watchdog expects to finalise inquiries it launched into Bunnings and Kmart’s use of facial recognition within months, but has declined to say if the intrusive technology is...

Privacy watchdog opens investigation into Medibank breach

1 December 2022 | by Justin Hendry

Australia’s privacy watchdog has launched an investigation into the Medibank data breach that compromised the personal details of 9.7 million customers, on the same day the would-be hackers posted...

Cyber-attacks add scale to hundreds of data breaches

10 November 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Four large data breaches, including one impacting more than 1 million Australians, were reported to Australia’s privacy regulator in the first half of this year, with ransomware the leading...

Struggling privacy watchdog searches for ‘systemic’ changes

20 October 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Australia’s privacy and information watchdog failed to meet key performance criteria around freedom of information and privacy investigations, as its workload jumped and staff attrition rate doubled the public...

Privacy, telco regulators launch Optus breach investigations

11 October 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Australia’s privacy and communications regulators have launched coordinated investigations into the Optus data breach that saw the personal data of 9.8 million Australians compromised last month. The inquiries will...

Digital platform regulators set priorities for the next year

29 June 2022 | by Brandon How

Digital transparency, the examination of algorithms and their impact, and increased collaboration between agencies have been identified as 2022-23 priorities for the Digital Platform Regulators Forum, a collective of...

Data breaches on the rise in second half of 2021

22 February 2022 | by Brandon How

There was an uptick in data breaches in the second half of 2021 but an overall drop compared to the previous year, according to the privacy watchdog’s end of...

‘Like a one-armed juggler’: OAIC funding constraints in the spotlight again

16 February 2022 | by Denham Sadler

The funding and resourcing limitations of Australia’s privacy office has been thrown in the spotlight again, as the wait for the appointment of a standalone FOI Commissioner continues. The...

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Five data breaches hit a million-plus Australians in six months

Bunnings, Kmart facial recognition probe to be complete within months

Privacy watchdog opens investigation into Medibank breach

Cyber-attacks add scale to hundreds of data breaches

Struggling privacy watchdog searches for ‘systemic’ changes

Privacy, telco regulators launch Optus breach investigations

Digital platform regulators set priorities for the next year

Data breaches on the rise in second half of 2021

‘Like a one-armed juggler’: OAIC funding constraints in the spotlight again

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