The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has been in various hobbled states ever since the the Federal Budget of 2014 was handed down and it was slated to be disbanded.

In the meantime, the former FOI commissioner, James Popple, resigned in December 2014 and was not replaced, leaving the information commissioner, McMillan, to exercise his FOI responsibilities.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner will be conducting assessments of government agencies over the coming year to confirm their compliance under privacy obligations.

Qantas failed to protect passengers’ personal information, according to a law firm seeking potential compensation from the ...

Organisations are legally required to report data breaches. Political parties are exempt — except the United Australia Party ...

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has published AI guidance articulating how Australian privacy law applies to AI and the OAIC’s overall expectations on AI governance ...

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) released its second quarterly statistics report into the Notifiable Data Breach Scheme on 31 July 2018 (Report), providing further ...

A standalone privacy commissioner will be appointed to deal with the growing threats to data security to protect the personal information of millions of Australians.

Angelene Falk, the Australian information commissioner, will continue as privacy commissioner until Ms Kind begins on February 26. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong ...

THE privacy watchdog's investigation of a serious breach at Telstra last year has proved far less straightforward than hoped, with no sign of when it will be complete.