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Privacy watchdog loses 30pc of staff

Australia’s privacy watchdog has lost more than 30 per cent of its workforce in less than six months thanks to a budget cut that has triggered morale issues among...

Big Tech scuppers Australians’ right to opt out of targeted ads

18 December 2024 | by Joseph Brookes

US Big Tech firms pressured the Albanese government about the findings of its landmark Privacy Act Review last year ahead of Attorney General Mark Dreyfus’s decision to reject one...

Enforcing the social media age ban will cost $50m

18 December 2024 | by Justin Hendry

The federal government will spend more than $50 million enforcing Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s over the next four years, as it steps up its oversight of...

Privacy reform analysis ‘hidden under a rock’

11 December 2024 | by Joseph Brookes

Key analysis of the impact of sweeping changes to privacy law won’t be released by the government, which has invoked a blanket protection to keep it hidden as the...

A new trial to keep young people off social media and porn sites

3 December 2024 | by Toby Murray

When federal parliament passed legislation last week which will ban under 16s from social media, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese celebrated. Posting on X, he said: “We’re doing everything we...

All the tech and innovation bills from the govt’s Senate storm

29 November 2024 | by Joseph Brookes

On its final sitting day of the year, the Senate passed 31 bills after the Albanese government struck deals around the chamber. The flurry of legislation includes key changes...

WA squeezes privacy bill through in the Parliament’s last breath

28 November 2024 | by Brandon How

The Western Australian government has pushed its public sector privacy and information sharing bill through parliament with few amendments at its last opportunity before the state election, despite ongoing...

OAIC slashes staff to meet $11m budget crunch

28 November 2024 | by Joseph Brookes

The privacy and information watchdog has slashed dozens of staff in response to a 23 per cent budget cut by government and a review by management consultants, sparking fears...

Modern cars are surveillance devices on wheels

20 November 2024 | by Katharine Kemp

New research reveals serious privacy flaws in the data practices of new internet connected cars in Australia. It’s yet another reason why we need urgent reform of privacy laws....

‘Most intrusive’: Bunnings facial recognition breached privacy laws

19 November 2024 | by Justin Hendry

Hardware giant Bunnings breached the privacy of potentially hundreds of thousands of Australians when it used facial recognition technology on in-store CCTV footage, the privacy watchdog has found. In...

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Privacy watchdog loses 30pc of staff

Big Tech scuppers Australians’ right to opt out of targeted ads

Privacy reform analysis ‘hidden under a rock’

All the tech and innovation bills from the govt’s Senate storm

OAIC slashes staff to meet $11m budget crunch

Modern cars are surveillance devices on wheels

‘Most intrusive’: Bunnings facial recognition breached privacy laws

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