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 and ...

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 laws and ...

Facebook is being sued by the Australian government for allegedly violating the country's privacy laws, with requested damages potentially reaching $529 billion. The Cambridge Analytica data scandal ...

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 9% ...

SYDNEY, June 5 (Reuters) - Australia's privacy regulator said on Wednesday it had filed a lawsuit against the country's biggest health insurer Medibank (MPL.AX), opens new tab over a data breach that ...

My Health Record, the Australian government's e-health record system, has been officially given the green light from the Council of Australian Governments Health Council to automatically sign citizens ...

Australian businesses and government agencies reported more than 1,100 data breaches to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) in 2024 – the highest annual total since mandatory ...

Australian Attorney-General Christian Porter has announced appointing Angelene Falk as the nation's information commissioner and privacy commissioner for the next three years. Falk has been serving as ...