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The Federal Court's chief executive officer has blamed a process failure by a collapsed transcription service company for a February data breach, in which eight unauthorised people had access to parts of 88 proceedings.
Optus has urged a court to make orders requiring group members to register for a data breach class action that covers 9.5 million people, but the lead applicant argues the case should remain open.
Victoria has become the second Australian state to introduce a ban on smart glasses in schools, citing student safety concerns.
Communication minister Anika Wells has said the government is considering adding an individual right to sue under legislation tabled this week that introduces a digital duty of care.
The managing director of stockbroking firm Fortrend Securities breached privacy rules by sending an adviser's medical certificate to a client and saying he had a “nervous breakdown”, a tribunal has found.
The privacy regulator has made a preliminary decision to continue an investigation of a class action-style complaint over the 2022 Optus data breach, despite launching its own case.
Financial planner Fortnum Private Wealth has been hit with a $1.35 million penalty after admitting it failed to implement adequate cyber security systems, after a breach led to the data of 9,000 customers being published on the dark web.
The Department of Veterans' Affairs has been hit with a class action for allegedly sharing the sensitive medical and personal data of 300,000 veterans and their families without authorisation.
The privacy regulator has launched an investigation into the Chinese software company behind a phone app for Anko-branded smart glasses.
OpenAI has fronted a joint committee hearing into artificial intelligence in Australia after one of its AI models gained non-public access to Medicare's site, apologising for the breach and backing legislation that would make reporting of such incidents mandatory.