Privacy complaints jump by 183% in FY14
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) received 4,239 privacy complaints during FY14, a 183 per cent increase on the 1,496 received in the previous financial year, according to a...
View ArticleACMA, Privacy Commissioner to collaborate on spam, telemarketing issues
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) and Privacy Commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work closer together on telecommunications, spam...
View ArticleImmigration department 'failed to protect' asylum seekers' information:...
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) breached the Privacy Act when it failed to “adequately protect” the personal information of approximately 9,250 asylum seekers, said Privacy...
View ArticleAustralia, Canada, UK and China weigh in on Insecam privacy issue
The privacy commissioners of Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and Macao, China have all sent an email to Insecam – the operator of a website that broadcasts footage from private webcams – asking...
View ArticleOAIC to launch privacy management framework in May
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) will be rolling out a privacy management framework in May this year to help organisations develop or review their privacy program.
View ArticleAustralian Privacy Commissioner investigating SIM card hack
Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim is investigating reports about SIM card encryption keys – including those of SIM cards used in Australia – having been allegedly hacked by United States...
View ArticleA short guide to privacy law: Part 1
In the first of a two part series, Guy Betar looks at your privacy obligations and why they should not be ignored.
View Article5 steps to respond to a security breach
It’s not a matter of if you are going to fall victim to a cyber attack, it’s when. So what should you do to minimise the adverse consequences that can arise from a breach?
View ArticleData breach laws to create compliance confusion: IT security expert
Organisations will struggle to comply with federal government’s mandatory data breach notification proposals unless guidance and processes are created to help them determine if they need to report an...
View ArticleDigital technologies to boost government accountability: Productivity...
Digital technologies offer governments scope to improve service delivery, including better assessment of risk in regulatory activities, integration of human services, and infrastructure management,...
View ArticleCensus minister: DoS attack is not an attack
The minister responsible for the census has done a semantic dance around whether a Denial of Service attack is really an ‘attack’ at all.
View ArticleNSW partners braced to share blame for data breaches
The NSW privacy commissioner has recommended to state parliament that IT service providers share the blame for data breaches at their public sector clients.
View ArticleIT security concerns reach new high
The Australian public’s concern about security issues is the highest it has been in the last 10 years, according to research.
View ArticleAsylum seekers invited by OAIC to speak out about data breach
Close to 10,000 asylum seekers affected by a data breach of personal information four years ago by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection are invited to provide evidence of loss or damage...
View ArticlePrivacy Commissioner launches investigation into Facebook
Australia’s privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into Facebook after it was revealed that information about more than 300,000 users of the social media network here may have been...
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