June 28, 2015
The Privacy Commissioner has announced an investigation into the widely reported likely breach of iiNet. Notably the breach occurred during the period in which the Privacy Commissioner has enhanced powers, that is after 12 March 2014. The sanctions can be significant, including Read the rest of this entry »
June 9, 2015
When Adobe suffered a data breach on 3 October 2013, or at least announced knowledge of a data breach, it was regarded as a totemic event. Since then there have been breaches which have pushed the Adobe breach into the more mundane category. It affected the accounts of hundreds of thousands of Australians. The data breach and notification by Adobe occurred Read the rest of this entry »
May 7, 2015
The Privacy Commissioner has released the last tranche of draft guides:
The draft chapters are open for consultation until Read the rest of this entry »
May 5, 2015
The Privacy Commissioner has found that Telstra Corporation Ltd (“Telstra”) has breached National Privacy Principle 6.1 in failing to provide to the applicant, Ben Grubb (“Grubb”) access to his personal information in Ben Grubb v Telstra Corporation Limited [2015] AICmr 35.
On 15 June 2013 Grubb sought access Read the rest of this entry »
March 2, 2015
The Privacy Commissioner has released 3 international money determinations Read the rest of this entry »
February 13, 2015
The Privacy Commissioner has just posted his most recent speech, titled Privacy Governance to the iappANZ on 11 February 2015. The Commissioner’s prose tends to the general and intentions and directions, when voice, are couched in such opaque terms that it would be easier to Read the rest of this entry »
December 11, 2014
The Privacy Commissioner has issued a statement titled Global privacy authorities urge app marketplaces to make links to privacy policies mandatory. The laxity in privacy protections and compliance with data protection laws, including proper privacy policies and consents have been a long standing concern. The Federal Trade Commission has been active in Read the rest of this entry »
September 13, 2014
On Wednesday 10 September the The Privacy Commissioner issued a press release Mobile apps must put user privacy first as part of a world wide review by regulators of mobile apps in May. The nub of the findings is that mobile apps fall far short in providing necessary information to users of what will be done with personal information. Nothing much new here. Mobile apps are woefully inadequate in both Read the rest of this entry »
August 26, 2014
The Privacy Commissioner has released a Data Breach Notification Guide. A reasonable document and quite consistent with international writings on the subject. The Privacy Commissioner makes the obvious point that Read the rest of this entry »
August 19, 2014
In an ongoing series the Privacy Commissioner has released another video on matters privacy. This addition to the collection is Is my real estate agent allowed to take photos in my house?
The youtube of the video is found here:
Is real estate agent allowed to take photos of my house
The transcript Read the rest of this entry »