Privacy & Data Protection

Learn about the key findings from the OAIC's most recent report on Notifiable Data Breaches.

Extensive reforms of significance to media and internet businesses have been proposed in the Privacy Act Review Report released in February 2023 (the 2023 Privacy Report). Submissions on the proposals in the report closed on 31 March 2023 and the reform process is likely to continue...

Find out about recent actions by Australian regulators to highlight serious privacy risks arising from the widespread practice of screen scraping.

On 17 July 2023, APRA released the final version of Prudential Standard CPS 230 Operational Risk Management and commenced a consultation on draft guidance: Prudential Practice Guide CPG 230.

Need to keep track of government consultations on the regulation of AI in Australia? Practical Law Commercial has you covered.

Find out about the purpose and scope of the Australian Government's consultation on Safe and Responsible AI in Australia.

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has confirmed Clearview AI Inc was subject to, and in breach of, the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) in relation to its practice of collecting facial images without consent from servers located in Australia.

Practical Law Commercial, with assistance from Special Counsel, Ooma Khurana at Maddocks, has released four brand new resources on surveillance device and workplace surveillance laws.

On 16 February 2023, the Australian Attorney-General's Department released the highly anticipated Privacy Act Review Report (PARR), the next step in the Australian Government's comprehensive review of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act Review). The PARR makes 116 proposals for...

New South Wales is the first state or territory in Australia to introduce a mandatory data breach notification scheme for its public sector agencies following the assent of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Amendment Act 2022 (NSW) on 28 November 2022.

In the wake of recent serious data breaches in Australia, the Federal government has introduced a bill amending the Privacy Act 1988, the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010 and the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 to increase penalties up to 50 million.