With new legislation to overhaul Australia's Privacy Act now due in August, Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind outlines the regulator's plans to become a tougher enforcer and the 'multiple ways to skin the cat of AI governance.'
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The recent progress of the government's Digital ID plans could have implications for AI use, with privacy lawyers pointing to a developing labyrinth of AI regulation for Australian businesses even though the government is yet to pass any AI specific laws or regulations.
The Productivity Commission is urging policymakers to balance the need to manage consent requirements of collecting data while pursuing the potential productivity and economic gains AI has to offer.
Latitude Financial's 2023 data breach saw millions of customer details stolen. New Zealand's privacy regulator says a "right to erasure" could have prevented some of that.
Australia's top privacy regulator is urging lawmakers to act now to create safeguards for consumers and businesses against the rise of artificial intelligence
Australian Clinical Labs appeared in court for the first time in its privacy law legal battle linked to its handling of a 2022 data breach.
Optus' cybersecurity worries are bleeding into the company's legal fight against class action claims over its handling of a 2022 cyberattack.
Experts are concerned about concentration in the shadowy data broking sector. But measures to alleviate this will create enormous privacy risks and could make things worse.
The OAIC case against Australian Clinical Labs shows the regulator is prepared to back up talk with action.
The OAIC admitted at a Senate estimates hearing that despite thousands of referrals, it hasn't imposed a single fine on a company for a data breach.
The sheer scale of mass data breaches are throwing up new challenges for consumer law firms.
The tendency for companies to hold on to CVs leaves them vulnerable to the dual threat of privacy-law enforcement and cyberattacks.
