Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk has found that Clearview AI, Inc. breached Australians’ privacy by scraping their biometric information from the web and disclosing it through a facial recognition tool.The determination follows a joint investigation by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) and the UK’s ...

3 November 2021The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) and the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) opened a joint investigation into the personal information handling practices of Clearview AI Inc in July 2020.The investigation focused on the company’s use of data scraped from the internet and the use of ...

What we didIn July 2020, six data protection and privacy authorities from Australia, Canada, Gibraltar, Hong Kong SAR, China, Switzerland and the United Kingdom jointly signed an open letter to video teleconferencing (VTC) companies. The letter highlighted concerns about whether privacy safeguards were keeping pace with the rapid increase in ...

Children's privacy in focusThis Children’s Week, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is reminding Australians of the importance of protecting children’s privacy, especially in the digital world.Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk said businesses, parents and governments need to work together to protect children within the ...

Higher penalties to help protect Australians’ privacyHigher penalties outlined in draft legislation released by the Australian Government today will align privacy and consumer law penalties and help address serious privacy risks to the community, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) said.Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk ...

The independent privacy regulator for the My Health Record system and Healthcare Identifiers Service has detailed its compliance and monitoring activity in its 2020–21 digital health annual report.The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) regulates the privacy provisions contained in the My Health Records Act 2012 and the Healthcare ...

The work of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) to uphold privacy and information access rights and strengthen online privacy protections is highlighted in its 2020–21 annual report published today.Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk said that in a year dominated by the pandemic, the OAIC’s ...

Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk has determined that convenience store group 7-Eleven interfered with customers’ privacy by collecting sensitive biometric information that was not reasonably necessary for its functions and without adequate notice or consent.It follows an investigation by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) ...