Tag: Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

Privacy watchdog opens investigation into Medibank breach

Posted on   |  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...

Good privacy reform rests on well-resourced tech regulators

Posted on   |  by Sarah O’Connor
Following the recent spate of data breaches, much of the public conversation has focused on the need for regulatory reform to protect Australians’ privacy and “incentivise better behaviour” from...

Budget backs OAIC probe of Optus data breach

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s privacy watchdog will receive a $5.5 million funding boost to respond to the massive Optus data breach that compromised the personal information of almost 10 million customers last...

OAIC resourcing inadequate as FOI burden grows: report

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is “increasingly burdened” by the weight of its freedom of information work and requires additional resourcing to fulfil its roles, according...

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...

Law Council backs statutory tort for privacy breaches

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The peak body representing Australian lawyers has thrown its support behind the development of a statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy as part of the ongoing review of...

Victoria moves to block police from COVID check-in data

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The QR code check-in data of Victorians will be shielded from law enforcement under the state government’s new pandemic bill, revealed publicly on Tuesday. The Pandemic Bill, released public...
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