Privacy commissioner questioned over data breach notification scheme

Why are we waiting? The NSW public sector still doesn’t have to report data breaches.

4 February, 2021

Identity theft risk at Births Deaths and Marriages

An audit has found gaps in data security at the NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages.

12 April, 2020

Transport agency cracks down after data breach

The WA transport authority is subject to new controls after a massive privacy breach.

24 February, 2020

Budget: Commonwealth ‘looking broadly’ with technology spend

The budget’s boost to the digital identity program and departmental ICT upgrades and investments have been welcomed by industry and analysts.

11 May, 2018

Privacy is paramount

People want control over when they share personal data via Internet of Things and data analytics.

21 July, 2017

Best of 2016: ABS moves to quell Census panic on social media

Lost log-ins melt hotline.

20 December, 2016

Political Databases: where privacy goes to die

Party time for unsupervised, unaudited records.

4 July, 2016

Governments risk long-term technological deficiency

A bimodal approach to information technology in government is growing.

12 January, 2015

Doctors demand Medibank Health Solutions audit at Defence after Luxottica data incident

Contract dogged by problems says AMA

29 July, 2014

NSW agencies covered by new cloud policy

By Julian Bajkowski The New South Wales government has added to a downpour of public sector cloud computing policy announcements in the past week, revealing the state’s departments and agencies will now be compelled to put the popular technology into the mix for assessment when making technology purchases. Announced by Minister for Finance and Services […]

3 September, 2013