Statement in support of complaint and enforcement cooperation, 15 April 2019
Privacy Authorities Australia (PAA) was established in 2008 to be a forum for the sharing of ideas, developments, resources and knowledge to improve the collective information privacy capability of Privacy Authorities across Australia. Over ten years later, inter-jurisdictional collaboration remains…
Event recap: Information Access Series – Consultation and notification under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
On Thursday 28 March, two of OVIC’s Senior Case Managers provided an interesting and informative presentation on consultation and notification under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act). As most people who work in FOI would be aware, the…
Event recap: Online safety and privacy forum
Online safety and privacy is a growing area of concern and interest, especially when it comes to children. With an average of 18 hours per week online, 99% of young people are connected to the internet. On Friday 8 March…
2018 GPEN Sweep: The good, the bad and the takeaway
Every year, the Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN) coordinates a ‘Sweep’, where data protection and privacy regulators around the world analyse the privacy practices of some of their local organisations. In 2018 a Sweep was conducted by GPEN members on…
Information Access Series: Secrecy and Confidentiality in a Time of Openness
To kick off the Information Access Series for 2019, on 14 February the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner’s (OVIC) legal team delivered an interesting seminar to a sold out room on section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act…
Safer Internet Day 2019
Cast your mind back to the year 2009. Twitter has become mainstream, and Facebook has only just overtaken MySpace (RIP) as the most popular social network platform in the world. The digital landscape was very different 10 years ago. These…
Event recap: Data ethics and privacy forum
Personal information is, and continues to be, increasingly important currency in today’s digital and information economy, so much so that it has been referred to as – arguably – ‘the new gold’. An important part of the value of data…
New child information sharing scheme for Victoria
On 27 September 2018, a new child information sharing scheme (the scheme) came into effect in Victoria. From this date, organisations and services prescribed as ‘information sharing entities’ or ‘restricted information sharing entities’ under the Child and Wellbeing Safety (Information…
Privacy: A year in review
As we approach the end of 2018, we thought we’d take a moment to reflect on what has certainly been a big year for privacy and for OVIC. Throughout the year, we have continued to promote an awareness of privacy,…
Event recap: inaugural Victorian Privacy Network meeting
In October 2018, OVIC re-established the Victorian Privacy Network to bring together privacy and information management professionals across Victoria. The first meeting took place on 21 November 2018 in the Melbourne CBD, attracting a fantastic turnout of people attending in…