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In support of #PrivacyAwarenessWeek2026, OAIC, and #SmallBusinessWeek, our COO Bek Fraser reflects on her years running a consultancy.

"My clients trusted me with deeply sensitive information. I went with a mainstream provider because I didn't know what I didn't know."

The right email infrastructure shouldn't be a quick decision. It's central to the trust your clients place in you.

https://www.fastmail.com/blog/what-i-wish-i-knew-when-starting-a-small-business/

#PAW2026 #OAIC #BetterEmail #SmallBusinessWeek #Fastmail

Vinomofo Failed to Protect Customer Data, Australian Privacy Commissioner Rules https://thecyberexpress.com/vinomofo-failed-to-protect-customer-data/ #PrivacyCommissioner #CyberEssentials #FirewallDaily #BusinessNews #dataprivacy #databreach #CyberNews #Vinomofo #OAIC

Australia’s Privacy Commissioner Rules Kmart’s Facial Recognition Use Unlawful https://thecyberexpress.com/kmart-facial-recognition-technology-unlawful/ #FacialRecognitionTechnology #AustraliaPrivacyWatchdog #PrivacyCommissioner #facialrecognition #Regulations #Compliance #CyberNews #CarlyKind #OAIC

Australian Information Commissioner Seeks Civil Penalty Action Over 2022 Optus Data Breach https://thecyberexpress.com/civil-penalty-over-2022-optus-data-breach/ #AustralianInformationCommissioner #Optuscyberattack #OptusCyberattack #OptusDataBreach #Optusdataleak #CivilPenalty #Compliance #Governance #CyberNews #OAIC

Know someone in an Australian charity? Share this with them.

New OAIC guidance has big implications for Australian charities.
Join our short webinar:
→ What’s changed
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Tuesday 17 June | 10am AEST
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#CharityCompliance #OAIC #PrivacyAct #NotForProfit #AIandPrivacy

@Old_IT_geek [preface: will not subvert paywalls, and do not read SMH except for DA's cryptic on Friday]

The exemption of people and organisations is such a tricky thing.
See the profoundly fabulissimo Anne Twomey here: https://youtu.be/Dt6p9c0vrt8?t=455

If we say that many Bretheren volunteered (as people) to the Liberal Party of Australia (a political party, excluded from the Privacy Act) then we are firmly in "Nothing to see here people" territory.

[oh well]

I wonder though:
#whatIf the data were handed to the Bretheren (an organisation) WITHOUT A CONTRACT with the Liberal Party of Australia?

Maybe then we are in interesting territory?

The Bretheren would not be 'subcontractors', nor 'volunteers' for the purposes of the Privacy Act, but just plain-old members of an organisation, on the face of it, subject to the Privacy Act as a section 6C 'organisation'.

I wonder if a Senator (sickem Rex) might ask to see that contract next time the Senate sits?

#Privacy #AusPol #OAIC #RexPatrick #DataBreach

#Meta to set up $50M #privacy payment scheme to settle #Australian proceeding

Meta has agreed to a $50 million payment program to settle a long-running proceeding in #Australia related to misuse of information for #politicalad targeting, the country’s information watchdog #OAIC announced Tuesday.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/17/meta-to-set-up-50m-privacy-payment-scheme-to-settle-australian-proceeding/?guccounter=1

#Meta to set up $50M #privacy payment scheme to settle #Australian proceeding

Meta has agreed to a $50 million payment program to settle a long-running proceeding in #Australia related to misuse of information for #politicalad targeting, the country’s information watchdog #OAIC announced Tuesday.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/17/meta-to-set-up-50m-privacy-payment-scheme-to-settle-australian-proceeding/?guccounter=1

#Meta to set up $50M #privacy payment scheme to settle #Australian proceeding

Meta has agreed to a $50 million payment program to settle a long-running proceeding in #Australia related to misuse of information for #politicalad targeting, the country’s information watchdog #OAIC announced Tuesday.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/17/meta-to-set-up-50m-privacy-payment-scheme-to-settle-australian-proceeding/?guccounter=1

#Meta to set up $50M #privacy payment scheme to settle #Australian proceeding

Meta has agreed to a $50 million payment program to settle a long-running proceeding in #Australia related to misuse of information for #politicalad targeting, the country’s information watchdog #OAIC announced Tuesday.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/17/meta-to-set-up-50m-privacy-payment-scheme-to-settle-australian-proceeding/?guccounter=1

#Meta to set up $50M #privacy payment scheme to settle #Australian proceeding

Meta has agreed to a $50 million payment program to settle a long-running proceeding in #Australia related to misuse of information for #politicalad targeting, the country’s information watchdog #OAIC announced Tuesday.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/17/meta-to-set-up-50m-privacy-payment-scheme-to-settle-australian-proceeding/?guccounter=1

Bunnings Facial Recognition Breach Ruling Sparks Privacy Concerns in Australia https://thecyberexpress.com/bunnings-facial-recognition-tech-australia/ #TheCyberExpressNews #facialrecognition #CyberEssentials #TheCyberExpress #FirewallDaily #Compliance #CyberNews #Australia #Bunnings #Privacy #OAIC #FRT #AI