In the first-ever civil penalty proceedings for breaches of the Privacy Act, pathology services provider Australian Clinical Labs has been ordered to pay $5.8 million over a 2022 data breach that compromised the sensitive personal information of 223,000 customers of its Medlab business.
In the first penalty to be handed down for breaches of the Privacy Act, pathology services provider Australian Clinical Labs has agreed to cop a $5.8 million fine over a 2022 data breach that compromised the personal information of 223,000 customers of its Medlab business.
The privacy commissioner has found Kmart Australia breached privacy laws by using facial recognition technology in its stores to combat refund fraud, finding the privacy invasion was disproportionate.
TPG Telecom has launched an investigation following a cyber incident which resulted in 280,000 emails of iiNet customers being accessed by hackers.
The judge overseeing three court proceedings against Optus over a 2022 data breach has questioned why it took the privacy regulator three years to file its case.
The privacy regulator has brought a case against Optus over a 2022 data breach that affected up to 10 million people, as the telco faces a class action and related proceedings by the media regulator.
Businesses and government agencies notified the privacy regulator of over 1,100 data breaches last year, the highest annual total since mandatory reporting started in 2018. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner revealed on Tuesday that it was notified of 1,113 notifications last year, marking a 25 per cent increase from 893 notifications in 2023. …
The Australian Information Commissioner has found 16 government agencies have approved the use of messaging apps like Signal, Telegram and WhatsApp for government business.
A self-represented customer of Latitude Financial has lost his bid to challenge a decision throwing out his data breach lawsuit against the non-bank lender after he defaulted on court orders.
Facebook owner Meta has agreed to pay $50 million to settle action by the privacy commissioner over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.