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Meriton guest, staff data exposed in latest cyberattack
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2023-03-29 11:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

Property and hotel giant Meriton is the latest company to fall victim to a cybersecurity breach, which exposed information held by the company on almost […]

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In novel case, Rex Patrick sues AG for access to ‘sports rorts’ notes
Politics 2023-03-29 1:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former senator Rex Patrick has brought novel proceedings against the Attorney-General seeking access to letters concerning the 2020 ā€œsports rortsā€ scandal and challenging the government’s […]

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Latitude faces class action investigation over data breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2023-03-28 3:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two class action law firms have teamed up to investigate possible legal action against Latitude Financial over a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of […]

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14 million customer records stolen in Latitude cyberattack
Financial Services 2023-03-27 2:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The drivers licence numbers of close to 8 million people and more than 6 million other records were stolen in a cyberattack on Latitude Financial, […]

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‘Large-scale information theft’: Latitude cyberattack worse than first reported
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2023-03-22 4:06 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A cyberattack on Latitude Financial appears worse than first reported, with the non-bank lender revealing the data of current and former customers as well as […]

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IPH, Latitude Financial latest victims of cyberattacks
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2023-03-16 9:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

IPH Limited, which owns IP firms Spruson & Ferguson and Griffith Hack, and lender Latitude Financial have become the latest victims of cyberattacks, with the […]

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Facebook to cop penalty in ACCC case over ‘misleading’ data protection app
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2023-03-10 3:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Facebook will face a penalty in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s case alleging it misled consumers by representing that its discontinued Onavo Protect mobile […]

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High Court revokes special leave in Facebook’s challenge to data breach case
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2023-03-07 11:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has revoked special leave to Facebook to challenge a case by the privacy commissioner, finding that the social media giant’s grounds of […]

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Medibank foreshadows stay bid as second class action looms
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2023-02-16 1:19 pm By Sam Matthews

Australia’s largest private health insurer Medibank has flagged an application to stay a landmark data breach class action filed in the Federal Court, as another […]

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Consumers would have right to sue for privacy breaches under proposed reforms
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2023-02-16 10:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Attorney-General has proposed an overhaul of Australia’s privacy laws that would allow consumers to sue for Privacy Act breaches and bring in an EU-style […]

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