Bunnings’ recent success in a privacy case concerning its use of facial recognition technology was only a “narrow victory” and should not be taken as a “green light” to businesses to follow suit, experts have told Lawyerly.
Fixed income specialist FIIG Securities has been ordered to pay $2.5 million for cybersecurity failures which led to a cyberattack that exposed the data of 18,000 clients, the first penalty of its kind secured by ASIC.
The eSafety Commissioner has informed Roblox that it will test compliance commitments the online gaming company made last year, amid ongoing concerns about child exploitation on the platform.
Bunnings has largely won its appeal of a finding that use of facial recognition technology in its stores breached privacy laws, with a tribunal saying an exemption applied to the hardware chain to combat retail crime.
Gilbert + Tobin has recruited a leading cybersecurity lawyer from A&O Shearman, bolstering the firm’s tech and digital offering as clients faced heightened cyber risk.
The Victorian Department of Education has revealed that hackers have accessed the names, email addresses, year levels and encrypted passwords for all current and past Victorian government school students.
The privacy watchdog has given a preliminary view that it won’t investigate a class action-style complaint brought by Maurice Blackburn over a 2022 Optus data breach, citing its own proceedings, a court has heard.
A judge has said there should be a joint initial trial in a class action and the privacy regulator’s case against Medibank over a 2022 cyber attack that exposed the data of almost 10 million customers.
The Herald Sun has apologised to Victorian deputy Liberal leader Sam Groth and his wife, Brittany, over articles at the centre of a privacy and defamation lawsuit brought by the pair.
Wotton Kearney has nabbed a cyber law expert from Colin Biggers & Paisley to join its partnership.