OAIC

Appeal over ‘significant’ FOI delays rejected
Former senator Rex Patrick’s bid to hold the Australian information commissioner accountable for a 1,400-day delay on...
15 July 2024
By Naomi Neilson
HWL Ebsworth hit with new complaint over major data hack
The privacy watchdog received a representative complaint against HWL Ebsworth over its 2023 data hack.
28 June 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Medibank hit with OAIC lawsuit over data breach
Medibank has found itself in the Federal Court after the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) filed...
06 June 2024
By Daniel Croft
Lawyers frustrated with delay of OAIC investigation into Latitude hack
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) and its New Zealand counterpart are yet to release any...
15 May 2024
By David Hollingworth
OAIC to open investigation into HWL Ebsworth hack
The Australian information commissioner is launching an investigation into the personal information handling practices...
21 February 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Aussie businesses must do better on data, says OAIC
According to Angelene Falk, Australian information and privacy commissioner, Australian companies and organisations...
07 September 2023
By David Hollingworth
OAIC launches investigation into Optus
Following the Optus customer data breach, which left potentially millions of customers’ information in the hands of...
11 October 2022
By Lauren Croft