OAIC calls for better government transparency as privacy complaints surge
Enquiries taking longer to resolve as OAIC redoubles support for privacy, FOI objectives
David Braue | 23 Oct | Read more
Enquiries taking longer to resolve as OAIC redoubles support for privacy, FOI objectives
David Braue | 23 Oct | Read more
Years of investment in security have failed to stem the number of data breaches affecting Australian companies, with new figures bringing to 812 the number of compromises reported since the notifiable data breaches (NDB) scheme went into effect nearly a year ago.
David Braue | 07 Feb | Read more
New guidelines for data sharing have provided clarity for businesses around their privacy and data breach obligations, but 2019 will see even greater improvements as emergent California privacy guidelines trigger privacy protections across the globe.
David Braue | 28 Nov | Read more
Health minister Greg Hunt may have cited website interruptions as the reason for extending the opt-out period for the government’s My Health Record (MyHR) scheme, but the decision also gives more time to address privacy concerns that have seen frequently-compromised industry sectors rushing to boost data security.
David Braue | 16 Nov | Read more
Long-awaited quarterly figures on the Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme, published by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), demonstrated that Australia’s data-breach problem continues unabated, with hundreds of breaches reported over the period and massive volumes of customer records compromised.
David Braue | 06 Nov | Read more
Ongoing high levels of data breach notifications in Australia echo the experience of European jurisdictions where a post-GDPR surge in data-privacy regulations is finally shedding light on the true magnitude of the data-breach problem.
David Braue | 31 Oct | Read more
Australia’s healthcare industry continued to be the most frequently-breached industry sector, as confirmed by new figures from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) that found an average of 81 Australian businesses continue to suffer notifiable data breaches every month.
David Braue | 31 Oct | Read more
Cybersecurity and data privacy have become nearly as important to risk-management professionals as ethical professional behaviour, according to a survey that identified lingering concerns over the exposures that businesses inherit when they deal with third parties whose information-security practices are outside of their control.
David Braue | 24 Oct | Read more
Nearly half of businesses had suffered a data breach in the past year but over two-thirds of executives don’t understand their role in the company’s cyber security response plan, according to new research that also found just 24 percent of business executives are highly confident their organisation could withstand a cybersecurity attack.
David Braue | 19 Oct | Read more
Interest in cybersecurity carers has surged so quickly that The Australian Cyber Security Growth Network (AustCyber) had to turn students away from the speed-networking event it threw with industry supporters during this week’s Cyber Week festivities.
David Braue | 02 Aug | Read more
More than a third of reported Australian data breaches are due to human error, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has revealed as it released its first full-quarter statistical report about the functioning of the new Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme.
David Braue | 31 Jul | Read more
A new data-analytics driven portal, launched this week by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), will support the introduction of breach-notification laws by ramping up the visibility of information related to data breaches and investigations within Australian businesses.
David Braue | 03 Feb | Read more
Major retailer Kmart has called in forensic investigators and notified its Australian customers of a significant breach of the company's security that has seen customer details of customers' online purchases stolen from its systems en masse.
David Braue | 02 Oct | Read more
Australia’s privacy commissioner has urged web site and app developers to make their privacy messages more child-friendly.
Andrew Colley | 04 Sep | Read more
Most Australians value their privacy and consider it when sharing information online, but a scathing review of privacy compliance by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has been reinforced by survey results suggesting that most Australians feel there are still inadequate privacy controls in place.
David Braue | 07 May | Read more