‘After a data breach’: OAIC helps prepare for new obligations by The Mandarin | 0 comments A lost device or information sent to the wrong person could trigger new obligations under the Notifiable Data Breach scheme which comes into effect next year. New resources are available to prepare.
Governments begin to see the risk of data sharing, now to explain the benefits by Stephen Easton | 0 comments A new data de-identification decision-making guide has been released to help public servants and others navigate this area. But there is still more work to be done on engagement, says Peter Leonard, a leading expert on the legal side of data use and privacy.
Australia’s promised pro-disclosure culture is mostly smoke, not much light by Stephen Easton | 0 comments A new internal report confirms about half of federal FOI decisions don't stand up to scrutiny. Agencies are going through the motions but haven't developed the pro-disclosure mindset that was one of the key intentions of the FOI Act.
Why all online threats feel like privacy threats: information commissioner by Timothy Pilgrim | 0 comments The revelation that Medicare card information is for sale on the dark web is just the latest story to undermine public confidence in online services. Protecting personal data must be a central pillar of all public and private transactions, writes information and privacy commissioner Timothy Pilgrim.
Artificial intelligence and profiling at the Commonwealth Games by Victoria Draudins | 0 comments Advances in biometric, policing and crowd management technology combined with global heightened security concerns will put the GC2018 into uncharted territory. Can future events of this scale be safe and secure as well as fair, accessible and compliant with privacy protections?
Building public trust in government data-handling a big ask for APS privacy code by Stephen Easton | 0 comments Reports of tough new APS privacy rules and million-dollar fines for breaches are a little misleading. That's in the existing privacy framework already, and it's not yet clear at all how another layer in the form of a privacy code will change things. Mandarins need to explain.
Expanding open data requires social license: information mandarins by Stephen Easton | 1 comment Government agencies need to build social license before pushing ahead with open data. Two key information mandarins have concerns with reforms proposed by the Productivity Commission, ahead of a final report in March.
De-identification: the de-vil is in the de-tail by Timothy Pilgrim | 0 comments As public servants increasingly handle data for public release, gaining expertise in de-identification will be essential. It's still the most powerful approach available, writes Australian Information Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim.
Tim Pilgrim: privacy and innovation in the data-driven economy by Timothy Pilgrim | 0 comments SPEECH: The re-funded OAIC will put a strong focus on major data holders in government and business, the commissioner says launching Privacy Awareness Week. Also coming is a cross-jurisdiction network for privacy officials.
Thawley shut out privacy commissioner from data policy statement by Harley Dennett | 0 comments The Commonwealth's foremost expert on privacy issues was shut out of the whole-of-government public data and data management policy design work ahead of last December's policy statement.
George Brandis continues uncertainty for information commissioner by Stephen Easton | Waiting until the last possible moment to act, the Attorney-General kicks the can down the road for a third time on the future of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
Medicare ‘identity theft’ questions hang over hearing, despite new safeguards by Stephen Easton | 0 comments Questions about information security and 369 cases of possible identity fraud involving Medicare hang over Human Services ahead of its Estimates hearing. Opposition senator Doug Cameron has been closely pursuing the matter with implications for all agencies holding personal information.
McMillan lashes FOI ‘hypocrisy’, attitude of top bureacurats by Harley Dennett | 0 comments John McMillan has criticised the decision to axe, and when that failed, defund, the federal agency he once led. He also describes the public commitment to freedom of information in politics as “rank hypocrisy” and says the Attorney-General’s Department lacks understanding of information policy. The former Australian information commissioner left the role to become the New [...]
Timothy Pilgrim: OAIC has a mandate, powers, and is not afraid to use them by Timothy Pilgrim | 0 comments Acting information commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has a message for government's chief executives and lawyers looking to cut corners with Australians' privacy and information rights. Don't think you can "game the system" because of OAIC's uncertain future. It has a mandate, powers, and an appetite to use them.
Government floundering over Information Commission by Harley Dennett | 0 comments Just weeks ago privacy commissioner Timothy Pilgrim was appointed temporary head of the three-commissioner OAIC. Now he's been appointed back to his previous privacy role for 12 months. Unable to abolish the commission, and unwilling to fund it, the government doesn't seem to know what to do next.
