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Western Australia’s PRIS will combine privacy protections and a consistent information sharing framework into a single bill.

New data from the regulator shows a high rate of harm experienced by data breach victims, with ransomware behind identity theft and fraud.

The Albanese government’s crackdown on corporates that “fail to take adequate care of customer data” has intensified.

Queensland has responded to Optus’ data woes with the early roll-out of two-factor authentication for driver’s licenses.

Optus is likely to feel more financial pain from being forced to compensate data breach victims than from fines, a top regulatory lawyer says.

Australia’s peak privacy group says corporates need to clean up their own mess from data breaches instead of cost shifting to consumers and tax payers.

Machinery of government changes are an intrinsic part of our Westminster system of government. These changes can occur, as happened with the recent 2022 federal election, when there is a change of government. They can also happen when a minister resigns or changes portfolio, or to amalgamate departments and to meet policy objectives. It’s estimated […]

Licence issuance is a generally profit centre for government and registries could potentially make more money out of credential rollovers.

Victor Dominello has urged data theft victims of the Optus hack to apply for new driver’s licences, with the telco pushed to pay for them.

In ‘Hi Mum’ or family impersonation scams, scammers use chat apps to pose as a family member or friend to contact victims.

A ‘human error’ saw icare reportedly send the private details of 193,000 injured workers to the incorrect employer.