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Members remind agencies that good data governance is more important than ever
3 December 2024
The OAIC welcomes the passing of the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
29 November 2024
Read the opening statement delivered by Australian Information Commissioner Elizabeth Tydd to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee on 27 November 2024
28 November 2024
The Privacy Commissioner has found that scraping data to target vulnerable people by Master Wealth Control Pty Ltd and Property Lovers Pty Ltd was unlawful and interfered with the privacy of individuals
26 November 2024
The system via CCTV captured the faces of every person – likely hundreds of thousands of individuals – who entered 63 Bunnings stores between 2018 and 2021
19 November 2024
New guidance will help private sector organisations meet their obligations under the Privacy Act when using third-party tracking pixels on their website
4 November 2024
Annual report highlights OAIC’s work on privacy and information access rights
31 October 2024
The OAIC and 16 international data protection and privacy counterparts have released a joint statement with further expectations about how social media companies can better protect personal information
29 October 2024
The OAIC has released updated privacy guidance for not-for-profits
22 October 2024
New guides for businesses published today clearly articulate how Australian privacy law applies to AI and set out the OAIC’s expectations
21 October 2024
The OAIC today registered a new Privacy Credit Reporting Code 2024
1 October 2024
The OAIC has concluded its Commissioner initiated investigation into the inadvertent reactivation of facial recognition technology FRT by 7-Eleven Stores Pty Ltd 7-Eleven
27 September 2024
Information commissioners and ombudsmen highlight the importance of mainstreaming access to information and participation in a joint statement issued for International Access to Information Day 2024
26 September 2024
DP-REG has published a working paper on multimodal foundation models used in generative artificial intelligence
19 September 2024
New statistics show the number of data breaches notified in the first half of 2024 was at its highest in 3 5 years
16 September 2024
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