April 21, 2016
Australia is yet to have mandatory data breach notification legislation. The Attorney General’s Department has published the submissions it Read the rest of this entry »
April 20, 2016
The OAIC has announced its program for the Privacy Awareness Week, 15 – 21 May 2016. Privacy Weeks are part of the activities of most data regulators/privacy commissioners. In New Zealand it is 9 – 14 May 2016. Funnily enough the theme for both privacy weeks is “Privacy in your hands.”
The release Read the rest of this entry »
March 16, 2016
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (“OAIC”) has announced the creation of a Consumer Privacy Network. It is a forum of Read the rest of this entry »
November 19, 2015
At the annual IaapANZ Summit held yesterday (which I attended) the Privacy Commissioner made his keynote annual speech. Commissioner Pilgrim does provide something of an overview of where the Office has been going and will be going for the next year. The problem generally is that Read the rest of this entry »
October 28, 2015
Telechoice has entered into an enforceable undertaking with the Privacy Commissioner arising out of a significant data breach Business Service Brokers Pty Ltd (ACN 069 049 994) (trading as TeleChoice) (“BSB”).
The Undertaking is found here.
The Undertaking stated Read the rest of this entry »
October 23, 2015
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner website has been upgraded. It is far more user friendly.
The announcement is Read the rest of this entry »
September 18, 2015
Yesterday the Government introduced and read for a first and second time the Health Legislation Amendment (eHealth) Bill 2015.
The Bill is a 126 page behemoth which will warrant close scrutiny. Briefly it is worth noting some notable features of the Bill:
September 13, 2015
On Friday the Privacy Commissioner published its Guide to mandatory data breach notification in the PCEHR system.
It provides:
The Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) system, established by the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Act 2012 (PCEHR Act), is designed to facilitate access, by the consumer and treating healthcare providers, to a summary of health information about an individual. The information is drawn from a number of different sources with individuals controlling what information is included on their record and who may access it. Read the rest of this entry »
September 8, 2015
Timothy Pilgrim in a speech Office of the Australian Information Commissioner — Update delivered on 1 September 2015 to the New South Wales Government Solicitors conference in Sydney gave some insight into the role and future of the Office of the Information Commissioner. It is a subject of some debate and Read the rest of this entry »
August 21, 2015
The Attorney General, George Brandis, today announced the reappointment of Timothy Pilgrim as Australian Privacy Commissioner. The appointment is for 12 months from 19 October 2015. The timing is Read the rest of this entry »