OAIC
Facebook Sued by OAIC for Allegedly Violating Over 300K Aussies’ Privacy
The Office of Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) filed a lawsuit alleging that Facebook violated the privacy of over 300,000 of its Australian users. On March 9, OAIC announced that it had submitted ...
More Than 10M Australians Affected by a Single Data Breach, Reveals OAIC
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) found that a single data breach affected more than 10 million Australians. In its latest Notifiable Data Breaches Quarterly Statistics Report, the OAIC reveals ...
Phishing the Most Common Attack on Australian Organizations in Q3 2018, Finds OAIC
A new report from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) reveals that phishing was the most criminal attack suffered by Australian organizations in Q3 2018 ...
OAIC Received 242 Data Breach Notifications in Q2 2018
Australia’s acting data protection agency tracked 242 data breach notifications, bringing the year’s total thus far to 305. A majority (59 percent) of those incidents arose from a malicious or criminal attack ...
OAIC Told to Investigate HealthEngine’s Sharing Client Data with Lawyers
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) received instructions to investigate HealthEngine’s practice of sharing clients’ personal information with lawyers. According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), a spokesperson for Australia’s ...
