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There is no current legal obligation under the Privacy Act to notify either the Privacy Commissioner or affected individuals where you suffer a data breach. However, mandatory data breach notification laws will take effect in Australia from 22 February 2018. ...

Your data breach response plan should ...

On Sunday, the Australian Government launched its voluntary digital contact tracing app 'COVIDSafe', along with the app's Privacy Policy, an independent Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) and the Department of Health's response to that PIA. The Chief Medical Officer has predicted that the application will have been downloaded more than 2 million times by the end of Monday. ...

The mandatory comprehensive credit reporting scheme is finally in operation. We explain what's changed, who it affects, and the key considerations, risks and obligations — including steps you need to take soon. ...

The level of competition in both the electricity and financial services sectors has been closely scrutinised by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Productivity Commission While there are fundamental differences in market structures in both sectors the respective commissions ...

The high-profile ‘fake honey’ scandal has made food fraud front-page news in Australia in 2018. With the ACCC having now concluded its honey investigation, due to ‘testing uncertainty’, we explore how new technologies like blockchain could potentially assist in preventing food fraud. ...

In this interim report we provide a high-level overview of class action filings over the first half of the year and highlight several factors that are poised to shape the class action landscape moving forward. ...

Treasury has released a consultation paper on its Strategic Plan for the Australian payments system. The Commonwealth Government is seeking feedback on the proposed contents of the Strategic Plan, with submissions due by 6 February 2023. It is intended that the inaugural Strategic Plan will be released in the first quarter of 2023. ...

We believe companies need to start applying guardrails to AI development, use and deployment, but we understand that it can be hard to know where and how to start. That's why we've developed an AI Governance Toolkit for General Counsel and Boards, to help companies manage their AI risk. ...

On 5 February 2026, the High Court of Australia1 (Australia's ultimate appellate court) refused the Commissioner of Patent's application for special leave to appeal from the decision of the Full Court ...