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The Digital Industry Group Inc (DIGI) is unsurprisingly wary of the Labor government’s plan to ban social media for children under 16.
David Hollingworth • Sat, 23 Nov 2024
Australia’s Cyber Security Bill should be urgently passed, says parliamentary committee
Australia’s Cyber Security Bill is being pushed for “urgent” parliamentary approval, provided some small changes are made.
Daniel Croft • Tue, 19 Nov 2024
Bunnings facial recognition violates Australian privacy laws, says OAIC
Australia’s privacy watchdog has ruled that Bunnings breached Australian privacy laws through its use of facial recognition cameras.
Labor stands up new terrorist and extremist content monitoring capability
The federal government has partnered with the Online Harms Foundation for “24/7 crisis response capability” to fight harmful online content.
David Hollingworth • Mon, 18 Nov 2024
Social media companies to assume duty of care for users’ safety under new laws
A new Labor government proposal announced overnight will require social media platforms to be responsible for their users’ mental health under the Online Safety Act.
David Hollingworth • Thu, 14 Nov 2024
Government calls for all SME cyber attacks to be reported
Small businesses shouldn’t be ashamed to seek cyber support after falling victim to an attack, Minister for Small Business Julie Collins has said.
Daniel Croft • Thu, 07 Nov 2024
Australia partners with the Philippines for ‘cyber boot program’
The Philippines is set to benefit from a new cyber uplift program that will be launched in partnership with Australia.
Daniel Croft • Mon, 04 Nov 2024
44% of NSW government entities failed to comply with state data breach notification policy
The NSW Information and Privacy Commission (IPC) has uncovered that a number of agencies have not complied with the state’s Mandatory Notification of Data Breach Scheme, ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 30 Oct 2024
ACCC bolsters its cyber security as it becomes Australia’s Digital ID regulator
To deal with the increased security workloads following the establishment of the National Anti-Scam Centre and the launch of Digital ID, the Australian Competition and ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 24 Oct 2024
Albanese government launches Small Business Cyber Resilience Service
Today (22 October), the Australian government has announced the launch of the new Small Business Cyber Resilience Service.
Daniel Croft • Tue, 22 Oct 2024
National Public Data hacker USDoD arrested in Brazil
Brazil’s federal police force has arrested the infamous hacker USDoD, the same threat actor connected to the National Public Data data breaches.
Daniel Croft • Thu, 17 Oct 2024
CommBank cops $7.5m fine for spamming customers
The big four bank has been forced to pay up a second time after spamming more than 170 million messages to Australian consumers.
David Hollingworth • Thu, 17 Oct 2024
Australian government evaluates AI impact on Australian Consumer Law
As part of its analysis of AI use, the Australian government is currently investigating whether or not Australian Consumer Law (ACL) is still suitable as businesses adopt ...
Daniel Croft • Tue, 15 Oct 2024
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