The Latest Breaking News from OAIC

Documents taken during break-in at Nelson Alexander agency in Northcote in October, police allege, and investigation under way

Master Wealth Control, trading as DG Institute, breached privacy laws by sharing names and addresses, regulator finds

Court documents allege insurer’s network was configured so that only a username and password was required to gain access

Australians don’t know and can’t control how data brokers are spreading their personal information. This is the core finding of a newly released report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

Information commissioner investigating data breach as ticket holders demand refunds because of amended lineup

Senator Nick McKim says company’s ‘opaque’ SRAT security assessment tool ‘has severe implications for fundamental human rights’

Incident comes as data shows government sector breaches mostly caused by human error, not criminal acts

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner launches inquiry into platform’s use of marketing pixels to track people’s online habits

The most significant recommendation in the Senate inquiry report on the functionality of the Commonwealth FOI system is this: move the federal Freedom of Information (FOI) function from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s Office (OAIC) to the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s Office.