Tag: data

2.5M opt out of My Health Record

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
More than 2.5 million people opted out of My Health Record, equating to nearly 10 percent of all Australians eligible for the controversial system. The Australian Digital Health Agency...

Big banks warn on open banking

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Data security risks surrounding Australia’s open banking regime are “significantly higher” than the federal government believes, according to the big four banks. In a new submission to the government’s...

MHR opt-out deadline looms

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The deadline to opt-out of the government’s highly controversial My Health Record is looming amid ongoing concerns surrounding the reliability and security of the data stored on the system....

Re-identification a real concern

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Risks of re-identification are very real, so we must approach the sharing of anonymised data carefully. But with tremendous benefits on offer it is worth the effort, according to...

Building confidence in data benefits

Posted on   |  by James Riley
We must understand how to build and maintain the trust of humans in order to unlock and deliver the great social and commercial value in data, according to Caity...

Getting data on the asset register

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Business leadership gets the real value of data wrong in such significant ways that boards may be negligent in their duty to protect the interests of their companies, according...

Data sharing policy pitfalls

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Data management and regulation issues in the Australian government sector were all key discussion points at the Data and Analytics Policy Strategy Session held as part of InnovationAus.com’s Civic...

Privacy office at breaking point

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian government’s national data authority is facing “unprecedented challenges” following recent global data controversies and the commencement of the data breach notification laws, while its resources are “stretched...

Angus Taylor on data regulation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government will look to regulate the use of individuals’ data by tech giants like Google and Apple if the private sector can’t enforce its own standards, Assistant Minister...