Communiqué of the Association of Information Access Commissioners of Australia and New Zealand (AIAC) meeting held on 7 to 8 December 2022 in Wellington, New Zealand The Association of Information Access Commissioners (AIAC) met in Wellington, New Zealand, on 7 to 8 December, for its second meeting of 2022, hosted ...

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has commenced an investigation into the personal information handling practices of Medlab Pathology, owned by Australian Clinical Labs, in relation to its notifiable data breach.This decision follows the OAIC’s preliminary inquiries commenced into the matter in October.The OAIC’s investigation will focus on ...

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) today commenced an investigation into the personal information handling practices of Medibank in relation to its notifiable data breach.This decision follows the OAIC’s preliminary inquiries commenced into the matter in October.The OAIC’s investigation will focus on whether Medibank took reasonable steps to ...

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has published its final six‑monthly COVIDSafe privacy report and completed its COVIDSafe assessment program, which examined compliance and risk throughout the ‘information lifecycle’ of COVID app data.The regular reports showed the OAIC did not receive any complaints or data breach notifications with ...

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) welcomes the passing of the Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022, which enhances the OAIC’s ability to regulate in line with community expectations and protect Australians’ privacy in the digital environment.The Bill introduces significantly increased penalties for serious and ...

The significant impact of recent data breaches on millions of Australians and the findings of the latest Notifiable data breaches report released today stress the need for organisations to have robust information handling practices and an up-to-date data breach response plan.Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk said the ...

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) welcomes funding announced in the October 2022-23 Federal Budget to assist its privacy investigations.The OAIC has been allocated $5.5 million over two years from 2022-23 to support its response to the Optus incident. The OAIC recently commenced an investigation into the personal ...

The Australian Government has released a factsheet to provide information on what to do if your data has been compromised in the recent Medibank and AHM cyber incident.If you think you may be affected by the breach, contact Medibank Private on 13 23 31 or AHM on 13 42 46.Medibank ...