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Landmark settlement of $50m from Meta for Australian users…

The Australian Information Commissioner has agreed to a $50 million payment program as part of an enforceable undertaking…
Media release Enforcement Privacy
17 December 2024
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Information commissioners and ombudsmen urge public sector…

Members remind agencies that good data governance is more important than ever.
Statement Freedom of Information Information access
3 December 2024
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Bunnings breached Australians’ privacy with facial…

The system, via CCTV, captured the faces of every person – likely hundreds of thousands of individuals – who entered 63…
Media release Determination Enforcement Facial recognition technology Privacy
19 November 2024

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Appointments to the OAIC leadership team

The OAIC has made appointments to key new roles in its senior executive leadership team as part of its transformation work

Media release

19 December 2024

OAIC welcomes additional funding in MYEFO

The OAIC welcomes additional funding in the Australian Government’s 2024–25 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook to carry out important privacy projects and build intelligence tools

Statement
Funding

18 December 2024

Landmark settlement of $50m from Meta for Australian users impacted by Cambridge Analytica incident

The Australian Information Commissioner has agreed to a 50 million payment program as part of an enforceable undertaking received from Meta to settle civil penalty proceedings

Media release
Enforcement
Privacy

17 December 2024

Information commissioners and ombudsmen urge public sector leaders to invest in data governance and proactive disclosure practices

Members remind agencies that good data governance is more important than ever

Statement
Freedom of Information
Information access

3 December 2024

Passing of bill a significant step for Australia's privacy law

The OAIC welcomes the passing of the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024

Media release
Legislation
Privacy

29 November 2024

Senate estimates opening statement November 2024

Read the opening statement delivered by Australian Information Commissioner Elizabeth Tydd to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee on 27 November 2024

Statement
Estimates

28 November 2024

Grubisa companies interfered with Australians’ privacy by scraping data

The Privacy Commissioner has found that scraping data to target vulnerable people by Master Wealth Control Pty Ltd and Property Lovers Pty Ltd was unlawful and interfered with the privacy of individuals

Media release
Determination
Enforcement
Investigation
Privacy

26 November 2024

Bunnings breached Australians’ privacy with facial recognition tool

The system via CCTV captured the faces of every person – likely hundreds of thousands of individuals – who entered 63 Bunnings stores between 2018 and 2021

Media release
Determination
Enforcement
Facial recognition technology
Privacy

19 November 2024

OAIC publishes guidance on tracking pixels and privacy obligations

New guidance will help private sector organisations meet their obligations under the Privacy Act when using third-party tracking pixels on their website

Media release
Privacy

4 November 2024

Annual report highlights OAIC’s work on privacy and information access rights

Annual report highlights OAIC’s work on privacy and information access rights

Media release

31 October 2024

Global privacy authorities issue follow-up joint statement on data scraping

The OAIC and 16 international data protection and privacy counterparts have released a joint statement with further expectations about how social media companies can better protect personal information

Media release
Artificial intelligence
Privacy

29 October 2024

New privacy guidance released for charities and other NFPs

The OAIC has released updated privacy guidance for not-for-profits

Media release
Privacy

22 October 2024

New AI guidance makes privacy compliance easier for business

New guides for businesses published today clearly articulate how Australian privacy law applies to AI and set out the OAIC’s expectations

Media release
Artificial intelligence
Privacy

21 October 2024

New AI guidance makes privacy compliance easier for business

New guides for businesses published today clearly articulate how Australian privacy law applies to AI and set out the OAIC’s expectations

Media release
Artificial intelligence
Privacy

21 October 2024

New Credit Reporting Code strengthens privacy protections

The OAIC today registered a new Privacy Credit Reporting Code 2024

Media release
Credit reporting

1 October 2024

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