Privacy Commissioner to investigate Vodafone privacy breach
Vodafone will open its doors to the Australian Privacy Commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, in the wake of allegations the telecommunications giant made the personal information of four million customers...
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With new Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) coming into law in March 2014, Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim says now is the time for organisations to start preparing by conducting a review of...
View ArticleThe state of data breaches
The implications of data breaches can be severe for companies with potential financial losses and loss of customer trust.
View ArticleWebsite privacy policies too complex: Privacy Commissioner
Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has raised concerns with lengthy and complex website privacy policies after releasing the results from a privacy sweep of Australia’s 50 most visited...
View ArticleSome Australian businesses 'unlikely' to be ready for Privacy Act changes:...
Some Australian IT professionals have admitted that their organisation won’t be prepared for the Privacy Act amendments which come into effect today, according to the results of a new survey.
View ArticleMandatory data breach notification back on government agenda
The Privacy Amendment (Privacy Alerts) Bill is back on the government agenda after it had a first reading in the Senate this week.
View ArticlePrivacy Commissioner releases new Privacy Regulatory Action Policy
At the opening keynote of the IAPPANZ Summit, Australia's Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim announced the release of his office's new Privacy Regulatory Action Policy.
View ArticleThe week in security: iappANZ weighs privacy progress; Obama, industry fight...
Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim released a new Privacy Regulatory Action Policy as the iappANZ Privacy Summit kicked off. Also instructive on the policy front was Scotland's National Health...
View ArticleA year on, commissioner “pleased” with Australian Privacy Principles momentum
Privacy commissioner Timothy Pilgrim is “pleased” with the rate at which Australian businesses have embraced the overhauled Privacy Act 1988 in the year since significant changes to the legislation...
View ArticlePrivacy Act's first year fosters new openness and promotes new levels of...
It may have been over a year since a major overhaul of Australia's privacy laws pressured organisations to manage sensitive information better, but professional security service providers are still...
View ArticleAdobe breached Privacy Act leaving 38 million customers exposed
Adobe has agreed to allow an independent auditor to ensure it has taken sufficient to harden its systems following a cyber attack that left 38 million of its customers exposed to fraud in 2013.
View ArticleChildren not getting the privacy message: OAIC
Australia’s privacy commissioner has urged web site and app developers to make their privacy messages more child-friendly.
View ArticlePrivacy Commissioner to investigate Vodafone privacy breach
Vodafone will open its doors to the Australian Privacy Commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, in the wake of allegations the telecommunications giant made the personal information of four million customers...
View ArticleGet ready for Privacy Act changes: Privacy Commissioner
With new Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) coming into law in March 2014, Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim says now is the time for organisations to start preparing by conducting a review of...
View ArticleThe state of data breaches
The implications of data breaches can be severe for companies with potential financial losses and loss of customer trust.
View ArticleWebsite privacy policies too complex: Privacy Commissioner
Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has raised concerns with lengthy and complex website privacy policies after releasing the results from a privacy sweep of Australia’s 50 most visited...
View ArticleSome Australian businesses 'unlikely' to be ready for Privacy Act changes:...
Some Australian IT professionals have admitted that their organisation won’t be prepared for the Privacy Act amendments which come into effect today, according to the results of a new survey.
View ArticleMandatory data breach notification back on government agenda
The Privacy Amendment (Privacy Alerts) Bill is back on the government agenda after it had a first reading in the Senate this week.
View ArticlePrivacy Commissioner releases new Privacy Regulatory Action Policy
At the opening keynote of the IAPPANZ Summit, Australia's Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim announced the release of his office's new Privacy Regulatory Action Policy.
View ArticleThe week in security: iappANZ weighs privacy progress; Obama, industry fight...
Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim released a new Privacy Regulatory Action Policy as the iappANZ Privacy Summit kicked off. Also instructive on the policy front was Scotland's National Health...
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