Tag: Angelene Falk

Cyber-attacks add scale to hundreds of data breaches

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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...

Banks get CDR privacy ‘bedrock’ tick from regulator

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s privacy watchdog found no areas of high privacy risk in an assessment of the Big Four banks’ Consumer Data Right policies and practices but did identify at least...
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