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VISN forum – Incident Insights
OVIC invites you to a Victorian Information Security Network (VISN) event exploring insights drawn from the upcoming release of the Information Security Incident Insights Report. Organisations are encouraged to use the insights within these reports to inform their own information...
Information Access Series - Proactive and Informal Release for Councils
OVIC is hosting an Information Access Series session for councils on proactive and informal release of information. Under the Local Government Act 2020 (Vic) (LG Act), councils are required to make certain information publicly available. In this session, OVIC will...
Privacy Awareness Week Launch
Privacy Awareness Week (PAW) is celebrated at OVIC every year to raise awareness of privacy rights, issues and trends, and the importance of good privacy practices. To kick off our PAW celebrations for 2026, acting Deputy Commissioner, Privacy & Data...
Privacy Awareness Week lightning talk: What to know before you rely on AI
Do you use generative AI (like ChatGPT or Google Gemini) to send letters, emails or forms to government agencies? Whilst generative AI is helpful when structuring your writing, relying on it to accurately correspond with agencies can make the process...
Privacy Awareness Week lightning talk: Understanding function creep – because you can doesn’t mean you should
Have you ever heard the term ‘function creep’? It’s used to describe when a technology or service begins to expand beyond its original use, and when these uses change, so too do the impacts for the information it holds. In...