privacy act

Brandis wants two-year jail sentence for re-identifying govt data

Brandis wants two-year jail sentence for re-identifying govt data

Researchers not automatically exempt.
Allie Coyne Oct 12 2016 5:07PM Security
Govt will make it a crime to re-identify anonymised data

Govt will make it a crime to re-identify anonymised data

Changes to Privacy Act coming.
Allie Coyne Sep 28 2016 5:33PM Strategy
Pilgrim warns data de-identification is 'rocket science'

Pilgrim warns data de-identification is 'rocket science'

Privacy holy grail elusive in its execution.
Paris Cowan Apr 20 2016 11:25AM Strategy
Labor wants customer consent for offshore data storage

Labor wants customer consent for offshore data storage

Jurisdictions could be banned from hosting Aussie data.
Paris Cowan Jul 27 2015 10:17AM Security
Pilgrim to audit 21 Australian privacy policies

Pilgrim to audit 21 Australian privacy policies

Privacy commissioner shifts focus to compliance.
Paris Cowan Feb 20 2015 6:35AM Training & Development
AHRC wasn't consulted on privacy commission merger

AHRC wasn't consulted on privacy commission merger

Proposal ‘unworkable’ in current form.
Paris Cowan Nov 10 2014 4:41PM Strategy
Govt dumps controversial Labor offshore cloud policy

Govt dumps controversial Labor offshore cloud policy

Complaints lead to removal of double ministerial sign-off.
Allie Coyne Sep 3 2014 10:33AM Software
Privacy Commissioner details 'reasonable steps' for data security

Privacy Commissioner details 'reasonable steps' for data security

How to stay on the right side of the Privacy Act.
Paris Cowan Aug 7 2014 6:43AM Security
Law Reform Commission proposes a ‘right to be deleted’

Law Reform Commission proposes a ‘right to be deleted’

Suggests amendment to Privacy Act.
Paris Cowan Mar 31 2014 2:03PM Strategy
Aussie blue-chips come clean on data offshoring

Aussie blue-chips come clean on data offshoring

Analysis: Who sends stuff where?
Staff Writers Mar 13 2014 6:27AM Security
Can the new Privacy Act protect data in the cloud?

Can the new Privacy Act protect data in the cloud?

[Opinion] Mistaking data processors for data controllers.
Jake Goldenfein Mar 12 2014 6:53AM Security
Telstra breached Privacy Act by exposing user data

Telstra breached Privacy Act by exposing user data

One day before new privacy laws take effect.
Allie Coyne Mar 11 2014 10:32AM Telco/ISP
Privacy Act audits will consider infosec budgets

Privacy Act audits will consider infosec budgets

But commissioner says lax resources no excuse to not patch.
Darren Pauli Mar 5 2014 3:34AM Security
Hacked companies off the hook under new privacy laws

Hacked companies off the hook under new privacy laws

Commissioner releases final guidelines.
Paris Cowan Feb 24 2014 6:41AM Security
Now live: Best practices for Privacy Act compliance

Now live: Best practices for Privacy Act compliance

Full report available for download.
Brett Winterford Jan 20 2014 6:09AM Software
Consent and the Privacy Act in the Big Data era

Consent and the Privacy Act in the Big Data era

[Blog post]: The improbability of Privacy Act compliance, Pt 3.
Brett Winterford Jan 15 2014 11:54AM Software
The Privacy Act and the cloud

The Privacy Act and the cloud

[Blog post]: The improbability of Privacy Act compliance, Pt 2.
Brett Winterford Jan 14 2014 1:37PM Software
Big data linked to inevitable privacy breaches

Big data linked to inevitable privacy breaches

As analytics matures, data is de-anonymised.
Andrew Colley Oct 23 2013 6:39AM Storage
AAPT breaches privacy rules over server hack

AAPT breaches privacy rules over server hack

Forced to run vulnerability tests, audit infosec frameworks.
Darren Pauli Oct 16 2013 6:40AM Security
Hacked AAPT breached Privacy Act

Hacked AAPT breached Privacy Act

Forced to run vulnerability tests, audit infosec frameworks.
Darren Pauli Oct 15 2013 3:46PM Security

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