Tag: Privacy Act

Privacy Act review running six months late

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A significant review of the Privacy Act is running six months late and will be handballed to the next government, despite being launched two and a half years ago....

Govt has another go at criminalising data re-identification

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will again attempt to pass legislation criminalising the illegitimate re-identification of public sector data sets, despite its attempt to do this five years ago stalling due...

Govt mulls direct right of action for privacy breaches

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A direct right of action for individuals subject to a privacy breach, a statutory tort of privacy and an end to the exemption for political parties are being considered...

Privacy Act review delayed as reforms stall

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A significant review of the Privacy Act has been delayed, with a discussion paper still yet to be released 18 months after it was launched, while draft legislation introducing...

Govt drops ball on data breach penalty reform

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Two years after promising “tough” new penalties for data breaches, the government is still yet to actually introduce the reforms, despite acknowledging at the time that the current scheme...

Privacy chief wants to carry a bigger stick

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia’s privacy authority has called for more funding and stronger enforcement powers to bring it into line with its global peers as part of a sweeping review of the...

‘Right to erasure’ considered in Privacy review

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government will consider introducing a direct right of action to enforce privacy obligations, a right to erasure and a statutory tort of privacy as part of a...