Tag: Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

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Gone phishin’: New OAIC report

More than two data breaches are being reported by Australian companies each day, with phishing attacks on the rise, according to the latest Office of the Australian Information Commissioner...

Health sector hit by data breaches

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner was notified of more than two data breaches per day in the last quarter as part of the new notification scheme, with...

A ‘chilling effect’ on free speech

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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 czar out of data breach game

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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

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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

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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

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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...

Breach scheme adds cyber focus

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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...

Startups must get privacy in order

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Australia’s privacy czar has emerged from a near death experience imposed by former Prime Minister Tony Abbott to launch Privacy Awareness Week and warn tech startups of coming scrutiny,...