Tag: Angelene Falk

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...

Govt floats industry-funded model for privacy office

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has floated the idea of an industry-funded model for the nation’s privacy office, which has faced concerns of under-resourcing despite an increasing workload for several years....

Privacy breach: 7-Eleven secretly scanned customer faces

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
7-Eleven violated its customers’ privacy by secretly collecting their facial images at 700 stores over the last year for demographic profiling and data verification, the regulator has determined after...

Privacy tsar wants police blocked from COVID check-in app data

Posted on   |  by Ben Grubb
Australia’s privacy watchdog says police access to COVID-19 check-in app histories has the potential to “undermine” contact tracing efforts and should be prohibited. The Office of the Australian Information...

The Gig Guide: Stevens keeps consumer data role

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Andrew Stevens will continue to lead the development of Australia’s massive data portability scheme after being reappointed by the federal government as the Data Standards Chair until 2023. The...

Angelene Falk reappointed as privacy tsar

Posted on   |  by Ben Grubb
Angelene Falk will spend at least another three years in her role as Australian Information and Privacy Commissioner after Attorney-General Michaelia Cash confirmed her reappointment. Ms Falk’s re-appointment through...

Uber breached 1.2m Australians’ privacy

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Uber breached 1.2 million Australian customers’ privacy when it failed to protect their data from a cyber attack in 2016, the Privacy Commissioner has determined after a three and...
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