Immigration removals delayed pending assessment of data breach
3 March 2015
The Immigration department’s well publicised 2014 data security breach continues to cause difficulties for the Department.
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Privacy
Metadata retention bill likely to pass
27 February 2015
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security published its advisory report on Australia’s metadata retention bill today (Friday 27th).
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When is information about a residential property “personal information”?
8 December 2014
Is information contained in a document about a residential property “personal information” about the owners or occupants under NSW law?
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Data security breach by Australian Immigration Department
17 November 2014
The Australian Privacy Commissioner has found that the Department of Immigration and Border Protection contravened the Privacy Act when the Department accidentally published the personal details of almost 10,000 asylum seekers in a document that was intended to provide statistical information about the number and status of applications made for refugee status.
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De-identification and medical records in NSW
24 October 2014
Are health service providers in New South Wales obliged by the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 (NSW) to de-identify medical records on the request of a patient? Not according to this recent decision of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
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Privacy and employee records – CP and Dept of Defence
3 October 2014
The Privacy Commissioner’s determination in the matter of CP and the Department of Defence illustrates one significant difference in the treatment of federal agencies and private sector organisations under the federal Privacy Act.
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Google around the world: privacy, e-commerce and the “right to be forgotten”
9 September 2014
A panel of people appointed by Google is meeting in Madrid today to debate the balance between privacy and freedom of information.
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Privacy Commissioner awards damages
13 May 2014
In a rare example of the Commissioner making a determination under the Privacy Act, Aerocare Pty Limited has been found liable to compensate an airline passenger for the manner in which they collected and disclosed sensitive health information about the passenger in an airport departure lounge.
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The rise of the citizen journalist and the online blogger
9 May 2014
IP Whiteboard comments on the reaction of the law to the rise of the citizen journalist and online bloggers.
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