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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...

Industry funding model firms for privacy watchdog

17 February 2023 | by Justin Hendry

The federal government should explore industry funding models for the country’s privacy watchdog to give it sufficient resourcing to carry out its growing responsibilities, according to the Privacy Act...

‘Right to erasure’ among 116 proposed privacy review reforms

16 February 2023 | by Justin Hendry

A “right to erasure” that goes further than the European Union’s data regulations and the introduction of fair and reasonable information handling principles are among the reforms to Commonwealth...

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...

Law firms press watchdog for Medibank data breach compensation

16 January 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Three law firms are pursuing compensation potentially worth billions of dollars for the Medibank customers affected by a massive data breach at the health insurer, while an investigation into...

Privacy Act Review complete after three years

20 December 2022 | by Brandon How

After three years, the Privacy Act Review commissioned under the Coalition government has been completed and the final report handed to Attorney General Mark Dreyfus. The Attorney General will...

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...

‘Flawed’ data breach penalty laws pass Parliament

28 November 2022 | by Justin Hendry

Legislation that significantly increases fines against companies for privacy breaches has sailed through Parliament with support from the Opposition, despite enduring concerns around the operation and practicality of the...

Data breach penalty reforms get Senate committee green light

23 November 2022 | by Justin Hendry

A Senate committee has given the green light to the federal government’s data breach penalty laws, with the only substantive recommendation made to be considered as part of the...

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...

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

Industry funding model firms for privacy watchdog

‘Right to erasure’ among 116 proposed privacy review reforms

Bunnings, Kmart facial recognition probe to be complete within months

Law firms press watchdog for Medibank data breach compensation

Privacy Act Review complete after three years

Privacy watchdog opens investigation into Medibank breach

‘Flawed’ data breach penalty laws pass Parliament

Data breach penalty reforms get Senate committee green light

Cyber-attacks add scale to hundreds of data breaches

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