The advertising industry would like to see Australia’s privacy law kept loose enough to allow "legitimate" data collection, a "tech neutral" posture and rules that are no stronger than the ones at play in the EU and UK.
A very rough year of cyber attacks prompted quick and dramatic legislative action in Australia, and the latest development is the announcement of a new national cybersecurity plan to be funded with A$587 million.
Medibank is Australia’s largest health insurance provider with some 3.7 million customers. In some cases, medical records are among the health insurance policies and the thief had named about 1,000 high-profile or at-risk people.
The announcement has raised questions in some circles as to what the extent of the cyber task force's plans are. "Hacking back" is a very contentious concept that exists in a murky international water of cyber engagement norms and unspoken rules.
A new system of warrants grants Australian police broad powers to infiltrate and even modify the online accounts of suspected cybercriminals, in the name of combating dark web transactions and anonymization.
The evolution of Australian legislation around the issue of privacy and data protection continues to gain momentum. Peter Leonard, a Partner at Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers in Sydney leads us through some of the developments that are affecting these important issues in Australia.
Australia's OAIC has called for law enforcement to be blocked from accessing Covid contact tracing data to track suspects via their check-in histories, saying that it threatens to undermine public participation in the program.
At the end of 2018, Australia became the first nation in the world to enact encryption laws requiring companies to provide access to encrypted communications. Will other nations around the world soon follow suit?
Cyber Incident at DP World Australia Shut Down Port Operations, Backed Up 30,000 Shipping Containers
Large-scale cyber incident on critical infrastructure shut down port operations across Australia over the weekend, prompting a backup of some 30,000 shipping containers that were unable to unload for several days.
Australia has been experiencing unusually serious problems with data breaches for nearly a year now. HWL Ebsworth, one of the country's most prominent law firms, appears to have had a huge amount of client information stolen by ALPHV/BlackCat.
