Tag: Sven Bluemmel

Vic privacy breach of vulnerable youth data

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A youth case worker stood down from a Victorian health department service provider on suspicion of accessing child pornography continued to access sensitive information about clients for months afterwards,...

Trust is key for contact tracing: Vic Privacy

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
To have any chance of getting millions of Australians to use its COVID-19 contact tracing app the federal government will have to earn the trust of the public and...

National privacy team created for crisis

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australian privacy laws won’t stand in the way of the federal government’s COVID-19 pandemic response, but regulators will work to ensure all initiatives are proportionate and time-limited, Information Commissioner...

Use of de-identified data questioned

Posted on   |  by James Riley
More significant data breaches are “inevitable” until Australian governments engage in an open discussion about the use of de-identified personal data, according to the University of Melbourne’s Dr Chris...

Privacy risks in registry sale

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Victoria’s privacy watchdog has raised a series of data and security concerns over the controversial sale of the state’s land titles registry. The Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner...