August 8, 2014
Breach of confidence actions involving personal information are more famously litigated in the United Kingdom. Privacy related actions have developed and matured there while the action remains more tentative in Australia. Or at least less developed. That is not to say equity does not afford protection. And that includes injunctive relief. The Herald Sun reports in Suzie Wilks’ estranged husband Nick O?Halloran in court bid to prevent publication of top-secret letter about an injunction granted to a Mr O’Halloran by the Supreme Court last week. There is no formal publication of any order or reasons for decision according to Read the rest of this entry »
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January 8, 2014
The Age reports in Schoolboy hacks Public Transport Victoria website how a 16 year old, Joshua Rogers, hacked into the Public Transport Victoria (“PTV”) website. The article notes that after Joshua notified the PTV of the security flaws it kindly notified the police and the Privacy Commissioner. The reasons were not provided. It will be interesting to see how both guardians, one of law and order and the other of privacy, will respond to the challenge. Given PTV’s database contains vast amounts of personal information, including credit card details,the reported inadequacy of its on line security is a major concern. Hopefully the Privacy Commissioner will take a robust approach when investigating this alleged failing. It would be fascinating to see what the results of a Privacy Impact Assessment by the PTV will reveal. Of course that won’t be made public. Assuming it happens.
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September 20, 2013
The 2-12/13 annual report of the Victorian Privacy Commissioner was been tabled in Parliament on 19 September 2013 . It is found here. It provides for interesting reading, if that takes and holds your attention (as it does for me).
Some of the interesting statistics are that during 2012-13:
? the total number of complaints handled remains consistent with previous years;
? by a significant margin, Victorian government departments have been the subject of the highest number of privacy breach investigations over the past five reporting periods;
? the amount of complaints referred to VCAT for determination remains consistent with previous years;
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April 12, 2013
In Complainant AY v Public Sector Employer [2013] VPrivCmr 02 the Victorian Privacy Commissioner considered a serious complaint about a breach of privacy by a public sector employer.
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