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A ‘chilling effect’ on free speech

Australia’s national privacy office has ruled that individuals should “reasonably expect” the government will release sensitive personal data publicly to refute its critics, sparking concerns of a “chilling effect”...

Privacy starved of resources

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government’s funding and resourcing of its national data and privacy office has been questioned again, as it was revealed that there are only five staff members handling the...

Privacy czar out of data breach game

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government has finally recognised the importance of data and security but has no effective strategy to oversee it, creating widespread confusion in Canberra, according to former Victorian privacy...

OAIC: More than 60 data breaches

Posted on   |  by James Riley
More than 60 data breaches were reported to the government’s privacy body in the first six weeks of the new mandatory notification scheme, with the majority caused by human...

Health bungles data release

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A new report by the government’s privacy authority has found that the Department of Health breached the Privacy Act a number of times as part of a bungled release...

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...

Freelancer and the privacy web

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Freelancer.com looks to have been be caught up in another privacy breach debacle, after one of its European account holders filed a $60,000 complaint with the Office of Australian...

Breach scheme adds cyber focus

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s mandatory data breach notification scheme has officially come into effect as the federal government looks to further ramp up its focus on cyber security. The data breach notification...

Skills high on agenda for industry

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The CSIRO, IoT Alliance Australia, Council of Small business of Australia (COSBA), and Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) are among 160-plus organisation to respond to the federal...