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Privacy office is still ‘severely underfunded’

Australia’s regulator for privacy and freedom of information missed all but one of its performance goals in the last year, leading to concerns the agency is “severely underfunded” and...

Australians demand better privacy controls

5 October 2020 | by Angelene Falk

As Australia prepares for a landmark review of the Privacy Act, a comprehensive survey of attitudes towards privacy reveals how Australians want their personal information to be protected now...

New OAIC investigation into Clearview AI

9 July 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The Australian Privacy Commissioner has officially launched an investigation into controversial facial recognition tool Clearview AI. Clearview AI, based in the US and founded by an Australian, offers a...

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...

COVIDSafe laws get a new framework

14 May 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Legislation enshrining privacy protections around the COVID-19 contact tracing app into law is set to be passed by the Senate on Thursday with bipartisan support after government agreed on...

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...

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...

Privacy chief calls for more funds

23 October 2019 | by Denham Sadler

A lack of funding has led to increasing delays and backlogs at the national privacy and information watchdog, with skyrocketing FOI and privacy complaints. The Office of the Australian...

OAIC consults on CDR privacy rules

21 October 2019 | by Denham Sadler

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has begun consulting on the privacy rules surrounding the government’s controversial Consumer Data Right, with plans to reach out to FinTechs and...

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