The Latest Breaking News from OAIC

Exclusive: Breaches linked to ‘social engineering’ rise by more than 440% after nine reported last year

OAIC says decision stands that company must cease collecting images and delete those on record, but Clearview AI is yet to prove compliance

Court documents allege insurer’s network was configured so that only a username and password was required to gain access

Australians don’t know and can’t control how data brokers are spreading their personal information. This is the core finding of a newly released report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

Information commissioner investigating data breach as ticket holders demand refunds because of amended lineup

Senator Nick McKim says company’s ‘opaque’ SRAT security assessment tool ‘has severe implications for fundamental human rights’

Incident comes as data shows government sector breaches mostly caused by human error, not criminal acts

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner launches inquiry into platform’s use of marketing pixels to track people’s online habits

The most significant recommendation in the Senate inquiry report on the functionality of the Commonwealth FOI system is this: move the federal Freedom of Information (FOI) function from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s Office (OAIC) to the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s Office.

Australian Clinical Labs hack alleged to have resulted in more than 200,000 health records and credit card details being published on dark web

Four-year appeal to obtain information on secret trawling of journalists’ data by law enforcement agencies continues