privacy commissioner

Attorney-general Mark Dreyfus announced the government has opened recruitment for a standalone privacy commissioner.

The Australian Information Commissioner has called for better staff training to prevent data breaches, following a new report.

The Western Australian government has announced whole-of-government plans to improve privacy protections under proposed legislation, which is open for public comment.

Centrelink maintains it is legal to release a client’s personal details to “correct the record” but the privacy commissioner is asking questions about its decision to do so in the controversial case of blogger Andie Fox anyway.

The privacy commissioner says ABS chief David Kalisch erred on the side of privacy when he decided to switch the online Census form off. Scott Morrison is angry, and says all concerned had plenty of money to get the job done.