Tag: Privacy Act

Health firms breached Privacy Act with online tracking

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Two healthcare services breached privacy laws handing over “incredibly intimate details” of millions of people accessing their websites to Meta, TikTok and Google for years, the privacy commissioner has...

Clinical Labs fined $5.8m in Privacy Act first

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Australian Clinical Labs has been fined $5.8 million over a 2022 data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 223,000 people and saw the Office of the...

Coalition demands split of privacy package

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The federal Opposition has accused the government of wedge tactics by bundling a right to sue with other privacy reforms and new doxxing laws, and is threatening to withhold...

Data breaches hit three-year high: OAIC

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Serious data breaches are occurring at the highest rate in the last three and a half years, according to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, as it awaits...

‘Timid’ privacy reforms disappoint industry and advocates

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Digital rights and industry groups say new privacy legislation falls short on protecting people and boosting competition, as the latest attempt to modernise Australia’s privacy laws approaches its fifth...