Online safety standards designed to force tech giants to scan cloud storage for illegal and harmful content in Australia set a “dangerous global precedent” that could undermine security protections...
The Office of the eSafety Commissioner has unveiled plans to enforce proactive scanning of online messaging, cloud storage, and other internet-based services for child sexual abuse material and pro-terror...
Australia’s privacy watchdog is taking Australian Clinical Labs to court over a data breach that exposed the personal information of 223,000 Australians, a week after its regulatory actions were criticised...
Calls for the federal government to address Australia’s outdated privacy regime have intensified, with digital rights advocates and researchers demanding urgent action in a new open letter. It comes...
The federal government has agreed to most of the recommendations in a landmark review of Australia’s privacy law to bring it into the digital age, including a right to...
Authorities will be banned from using facial recognition capabilities operated by the federal government to conduct one-to-many identity matches under re-drafted legislation first proposed more than four years ago....
Almost all Australians want the government and businesses to do more to protect their privacy, while the rise of invasive technologies and several high-profile data breaches are creating growing...
A standalone Privacy Commissioner will be appointed by the Albanese government to complement the role of the Information Commissioner as the volume and complexity of privacy issues arising from...
Meta maintains significant market power in Australia despite the entry and popularity of TikTok, as well as smaller platforms like BeReal, according to a new report by the Australian...
Outgoing NSW digital minister Victor Dominello has used his last ministerial address to champion the state’s forthcoming decentralised digital identity system as a lever for “huge micro-economic reform”. Mr...