The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has published AI guidance articulating how Australian privacy law applies to AI and the OAIC’s overall expectations on AI governance ...

The total number of reported data breaches in Australia for the 2019-20 financial year totalled 1,050, the first of two half-year reports from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner ...

Personal information should be used or disclosed on a need-to-know basis, the OAIC said, adding that only the minimum amount of personal information "reasonably necessary" to prevent or manage ...

Qantas failed to protect passengers’ personal information, according to a law firm seeking potential compensation from the ...

Organisations are legally required to report data breaches. Political parties are exempt — except the United Australia Party ...

Cyber security incidents were the cause of most data breaches, which rose by 26% in the second half of 2022, according to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

In Short. The Situation: Following a number of high-profile cyber incidents resulting in significant data breaches, the Australian Government has doubled down on its efforts to strengthen privacy ...

The office of the Australian Information Commissioner announced this week it would be taking no further action against facial recognition company Clearview AI. This marked a significant victory ...

The national regulator for privacy, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), said Bunnings was using a system that scanned the faces of customers in store and cross-checked ...

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s latest Notifiable Data Breaches Report revealed a rapid rise nationwide in notifiable data breaches in the first six months of 2024 — a ...

Australia’s data and privacy watchdog, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) on Thursday announced that it had begun an investigation into the personal information ...