Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

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

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