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Optus has struck back at ACMA's claim that a cyberattack that exposed the information of around 10 million customers was not a "highly sophisticated" operation.
Commonwealth Bank has paid a $7.5 million penalty after an ACMA investigation found it sent over 170 million emails that violated spam laws.
Australian Clinical Labs, which is facing regulatory action over a 2022 data breach, is fighting the information commissioner's claim that it breached privacy laws 21.5 million times.
An ATO employee who claimed he was bullied after criticising the regulator's data management practices in a LinkedIn comment resigned of his own accord, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Medibank has denied breaching privacy rules in response to the regulator's case over a 2022 cyber attack, but has admitted sensitive data was hacked in part because its network lacked multi-factor authentication.
Australian companies may be experiencing cybersecurity fatigue, with in-house counsel reporting they believe it will take a cyberattack to improve their focus on data risk management.
The privacy regulator was alerted to hundreds of data breaches in the first half of 2024, the highest number in three and a half years, a new report shows.
Expect more cybersecurity class actions following the introduction of a new statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy, experts on both sides of the bar table told Lawyerly.
A promised overhaul of the Privacy Act has begun with reforms that make doxxing a crime and could see businesses face new claims, including class actions, for serious invasions of privacy.
Corporate Australia is increasingly concerned about class actions, with privacy and data breach claims topping their worry list, according to a new report.