Tag: Australian Information Commissioner

Govt to legislate $50 million penalties for privacy breaches

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government will this week introduce legislation that radically increases the penalties to $50 million and more against companies for repeated or serious privacy breaches. The law changes...

‘Extreme concern’ about FoI, privacy complaint backlog

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is facing a backlog in processing privacy and freedom of information complaints amid concerns the office is underfunded. Responding to a question...

DTA hiring spree for ‘secret’ digital product

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency has embarked on a hiring spree for a new team to work on a mysterious project to develop a “national citizen facing digital platform”. The...