Tag: Privacy

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...

OAIC pitches tool to slash data breach notifications

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Almost one-fifth of notifications through Australia’s data breaches notification regime could be averted if a self-assessment tool being pitched by the privacy watchdog is taken up by the federal...

Privacy commissioner hits back at PC’s privacy retreat

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s privacy commissioner says walking back long-overdue privacy reforms and loosening existing laws after a years-long push to strengthen them would be like “throwing out the baby with the...

Privacy watchdog sues Optus over 2022 data beach

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s privacy regulator is taking Optus to court over the telco’s 2022 data breach, alleging the company “seriously interfered” with the privacy of around 9.5 million Australians. The Office...

The silence on tech policy is setting off alarm bells

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Days out from a federal election and almost nothing has been uttered on tech policy in a month-long campaign, with political leaders overlooking or undercooking transformative issues like artificial...