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Angelene Falk reappointed as privacy tsar

Angelene Falk will spend at least another three years in her role as Australian Information and Privacy Commissioner after Attorney-General Michaelia Cash confirmed her reappointment. Ms Falk’s re-appointment through...

Two years later: Optus data breach probed

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s privacy regulator is formally investigating Optus for an alleged breach of customers’ privacy after the telco published nearly 50,000 customers’ personal information in the White Pages. It follows...

Uber breached 1.2m Australians’ privacy

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Uber breached 1.2 million Australian customers’ privacy when it failed to protect their data from a cyber attack in 2016, the Privacy Commissioner has determined after a three and...

ABC quietly delays iview login plans, data sharing

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The ABC has delayed the introduction of mandatory logins for its video streaming platform iview, amid concerns the requirement was unlawful and a risk to user privacy through the...

ABC may lock out iview users for ‘personalisation’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
In July the ABC will require all users of its iview streaming platform to register an account to continue watching. The broadcaster insists the requirement will improve the service...

NSW to introduce data breach notification laws

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
NSW is set to become the first Australian state or territory to introduce a mandatory data breach notification scheme, following a serious cyber incident last year. NSW public sector...

‘Weak, dysfunctional’: Privacy office needs more money

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia’s privacy office is “weak” and “dysfunctional” and requires significant additional funding and resources to adequately carry out its important roles, according to submissions to the federal government’s Privacy...

Data consent rules part of Privacy Act review

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
There should be a significant overhaul of privacy laws to require the use of consent for data collection and move towards a privacy by default approach instead, the New...