Tag: Privacy

Groups unite to call for urgent action on privacy reform

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Calls for the federal government to address Australia’s outdated privacy regime have intensified, with digital rights advocates and researchers demanding urgent action in a new open letter.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...

Govt backs landmark reforms to Australian privacy law

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
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...

Govt to ban one-to-many face matching by police

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
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....

Australians crying out for better privacy protections

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
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...

Govt to appoint standalone privacy commissioner

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
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...

Dominello’s swan song: Digital ID our ‘Holy Grail’

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
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...

ChatGPT is a data privacy nightmare

Posted on   |  by Uri Gal
ChatGPT has taken the world by storm. Within two months of its release it reached 100 million active users, making it the fastest-growing consumer application ever launched. Users are...

Privacy Act Review complete after three years

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
After three years, the Privacy Act Review commissioned under the Coalition government has been completed and the final report handed to Attorney General Mark Dreyfus. The Attorney General will...