Risk management program now mandatory for certain critical infrastructure assets
The next tranche of Australia’s new critical infrastructure regime is here. As foreshadowed in our previous article, the much anticipated Security of…
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Catching up with international developments in privacy: The Commonwealth’s Privacy Act Review 2022
In a paragraph The Privacy Act Review – Report 2022 (Report) would lift the bar on protections for personal information…
Federal Court dismisses complaint against Google’s use of consent summaries for ‘Skippers, Skimmers and Readers’
There were headlines earlier this year when the Federal Court handed down a $60 million penalty to Google LLC (Google)…
High profile data breaches reignite push for privacy change
Recent high profile data breaches have renewed the Government’s focus on updating the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act), the…
Reminder: Critical infrastructure registration due this week
As we highlighted in a previous article, recent changes to the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (Cth) (SoCI Act)…
Sixty million reasons to be mindful of privacy as Federal Court agrees to consumer law penalties
The Federal Court on Friday agreed to impose penalties on Google totalling $60 million, after last year finding that it had engaged…