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Government names reinstated privacy commissioner
To start at the end of February 2024.
Nov 27 2023 12:15PM
Australian authorities tire of excuses, delays on data breach disclosure
As ransomwared IT service provider had to be formally warned.
Sep 5 2023 12:06PM
Australia to reinstate standalone privacy commissioner
Reverts OAIC to original structure.
May 3 2023 6:50AM
Gov warned to tread carefully in cyber security review
OAIC fears overlapping regimes.
Apr 24 2023 11:56AM
Optus, Medibank privacy probes could stretch into 2024
As watchdog concurrently investigates eight data breaches.
Apr 6 2023 11:58AM
Treasury explores action initiation use cases for CDR
Meets with 120 industry and government representatives.
Mar 14 2023 6:55AM
Australia's Facebook lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica clears major hurdle
Back to the Federal Court.
Mar 8 2023 7:03AM
Australia had five data breaches that hit 1 million or more people
Over a six-month period.
Mar 1 2023 12:38PM
Australian orgs lodged 497 data breach notices in back half of 2022
Full industry sector breach breakdown also revealed.
Feb 28 2023 12:14PM
Bunnings and Kmart facial recognition probe set to finish by July
OAIC drops investigation into the Good Guys.
Feb 14 2023 12:55PM
Medlab Pathology faces questions over data breach timeline
As OAIC launches investigation.
Dec 6 2022 6:40AM
Medibank faces formal privacy investigation
And prospect of penalties.
Dec 2 2022 6:55AM
Gov gets privacy penalty laws through lower house
As businesses baulk at $50m-plus fines.
Nov 9 2022 11:48AM
Optus data breach response lands OAIC an extra $5.5m
As office forecasts an increase in staffing levels.
Oct 25 2022 11:14PM
OAIC opens Optus investigation
As the ACMA also opens its own review.
Oct 11 2022 11:46AM
Bunnings, Kmart hit pause on in-store facial recognition
Amid privacy watchdog investigation.
Jul 25 2022 3:03PM
OAIC opens probe into Bunnings, Kmart over facial recognition
After CHOICE investigation.
Jul 12 2022 5:08PM
Digital Platform Regulators Forum sets first priorities
Covers algorithmic impacts and transparency.
Jun 30 2022 6:58AM
Edtech vendors invaded student privacy: Human Rights Watch
Everything from cookies to keyloggers.
May 26 2022 6:36AM
Clearview AI fined £7.5 million by UK privacy watchdog
Ordered to delete data.
May 24 2022 11:55AM
