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As part of Privacy Awareness Week 2018, the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner (OVIC) ran its second creativity competition. We sought entries from the general public, asking them to put a creative spin on privacy and show us what…

Privacy is often a somewhat abstract thing. It’s very real when our own privacy has been breached. But at other times it’s a right we may take for granted. People often trade their privacy for some perceived benefit – for…

So, you have an exciting new project that’s about to begin. There are so many things to think about, so much planning to do, things to organise… time to write a list! One thing that should be on the top…

Getting into good privacy protection habits isn’t hard, but can save you and your organisation a lot of hardship. It only takes minor actions, practised regularly, to protect you and your clients. Like putting on your seatbelt when you get…

It can sometimes appear that privacy is a concept which is the subject of common organisational parlance, but which is seldom properly understood. For something as important as the proper collection, handling and use of personal information, it is crucial…

The Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner (OVIC) often receives notifications from agencies about privacy breaches (both actual and suspected). A few of these breaches have arisen from agencies inadvertently releasing or publishing documents containing personal information that has not…

The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) recently ruled on two complaints made under the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014. The complaints related to the preparation and distribution of an investigation report that the Council had commissioned in response…

The topic of encryption has been fiercely debated in the Australian public following the Commonwealth Government announcing its intention to introduce legislation that would compel telecommunications services and platforms to give access to encrypted communications for intelligence or law enforcement…

This recent decision of the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) illustrates the importance of practicing privacy by design and data minimisation so that your agency can have confidence that they are only collecting personal information that is…

The Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme comes into effect on the 22nd of February 2018. From this date, entities captured by the scheme will have obligations to report eligible data breaches (breaches that are likely to result in serious harm)…