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Privacy In Australia | Reflecting On 2025 And Tips For Preparing For 2026

2026 is shaping up to be an even more challenging year for privacy compliance in Australia.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Australia's Privacy Regulator Beginning 2026 With Its First Compliance Sweep

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), Australia's privacy regulator, is conducting its first ever privacy compliance sweep...

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K&L Gates LLP

Australian Privacy Policies Under Fire: Essential Uplifts To Safeguard Against The OAIC's Compliance Crackdown

As announced in late 2025, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) will in this month commence a crackdown on the privacy policies of organisations that collect information in-person.

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Compliance Crossroads: Managing Privacy Requests And Tipping Off Risks As An AML/CTF Reporting Entity

Reporting entities are already familiar with the real challenges that can arise when seeking to meet their customer due diligence and ML/TF risk management obligations without engaging in "tipping off".

Australia Privacy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Changing Lanes: The Evolving Legal And Regulatory Data Considerations For CAVs In Australia

Australia Transport

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Australian Information Commissioner V Australian Clinical Labs: First Civil Penalty Under The Privacy Act

Australia Privacy

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Statutory Tort For Serious Invasion Of Privacy

Australia Privacy

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Bennett & Philp Lawyers

A Turning Point In Privacy Enforcement

Australia Privacy

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Bennett & Philp Lawyers

New ‘Serious invasions of privacy' Tort over a decade in the making

Australia Privacy

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Spruson & Ferguson

$5.8 Million Privacy Penalty – A First For Privacy Law Enforcement

Australia Privacy

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Spruson & Ferguson

Privacy Act Wakeup Call: AIC v. ACL On "Reasonable Security," Notification Duties, And Sanctions

Australia Privacy

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A&O Shearman

It's Not All Zoom And Gloom: Balancing An Employee's 'Right To Privacy'

Australia Privacy

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Gilchrist Connell

Surveillance Crackdown: Retailers Falling Foul of Privacy Concerns

Australia Privacy

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Australian Clinical Labs: Australia's First Civil Penalty Of $5.8 Million Under Privacy Laws

Australia Privacy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

New English Requirements For Visas

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Employment law in 2025: key developments and what they mean for employers

Australia Employment

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Barry Nilsson

Funds Update - 9 January 2026

Australia Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Contract Repudiation: What Exactly Is It?

Australia Commercial

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Stonegate Legal

Major Reforms To The Model Work Health And Safety Framework And Incident Notification Duties

Australia Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Australian Clinical Labs Fined AU$5.8 Million For 2022 Medlab Data Breach In An Australian First

The Federal Court has ordered Australian Clinical Labs (ACL) to pay AU$5.8 million in civil penalties following a 2022 data breach involving its then-newly acquired Medlab Pathology business.

Australia Privacy

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K&L Gates LLP

Facial Recognition In Retail: Privacy Lessons From The Kmart Decision

Valuable guidance for retailers using FRT or other equivalent technologies on their premises.

Australia Privacy

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Holding Redlich

Court orders disclosure of hundreds of abuse claims in Brisbane youth detention centre case

Recent case sheds light on the balance courts must strike between a plaintiff's right to evidence and the privacy of third parties in historical abuse cases.

Australia Privacy

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Roche Legal

OAIC privacy guidelines for not-for-profits: essential compliance insights

Key points from OAIC guidance on how NFPs can comply with the Australian Privacy Principles.

Australia Privacy

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Cooper Grace Ward

CCTV And Surveillance Technologies In Retail: How To Balance Retailers' Interests With Customer Privacy

Australia Privacy

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Holding Redlich

De-identified data and AI: what the I-MED decision means for privacy compliance

Australia Privacy

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Mission impossible? Cybersecurity and privacy for AFS licensees

Australia Finance

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Holley Nethercote

Mitigating Third-Party Provider Cybersecurity Risks: Navigating The Australian Legal Framework

Australia Privacy

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A&O Shearman

Smart Tech, Safe Hands

Australia Technology

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IR Global

Privacy And Responsible Information Sharing Act: Implications For The Public Sector In Western Australia

Australia Privacy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Photography, privacy and copyright infringement

Australia Privacy

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Stacks Law Firm

Behind closed doors: A summary of the developments to tortious invasion of privacy in Waller (A Pseudonym) v Barrett (A Pseudonym) [2024] VCC 962

Australia Privacy

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Carroll & O'Dea

Protecting Your Business: The Implications Of Australia's New Privacy Tort

Australia Privacy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Breaking silos: Building a cross-team privacy culture

Australia Privacy

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Holding Redlich

Photography, privacy and copyright infringement

The use of cameras mounted on drones, which most people would entirely reasonably think of as being harmfully invasive of privacy, is largely unregulated.

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Stacks Law Firm

Behind closed doors: A summary of the developments to tortious invasion of privacy in Waller (A Pseudonym) v Barrett (A Pseudonym) [2024] VCC 962

Invasion of privacy as cause of action available under Australian common law.

Australia Privacy

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Carroll & O'Dea

Protecting Your Business: The Implications Of Australia's New Privacy Tort

In 2014, the Australian Law Reform Commission released the ‘Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era' Report (ALRC Report), recognising that Australia's privacy protections...

Australia Privacy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Breaking silos: Building a cross-team privacy culture

Organisations need to move beyond siloed thinking and adopt a coordinated, whole-of-business approach.

Australia Privacy

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Holding Redlich

Privacy Awareness Week 2025

Australia Privacy

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K&L Gates LLP

Navigating Consent: Emerging Trends In Children's Data Privacy Across APAC

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region has experienced a significant increase in internet usage among children, fueled by widespread access to smartphones, affordable data plans, and digital platforms.

Worldwide Privacy

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A&O Shearman

Australia introduces statutory tort of serious invasion of privacy (APAC)

Australians are becoming increasingly concerned about how their personal information is handled by businesses, about the intrusiveness of surveillance, and about the rise of artificial intelligence.

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Kennedys

Having AI On Your Privacy Policy

The Privacy Policy for an organisation should explicitly inform individuals about the use of their personal information in connection with AI.

Australia Privacy

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Spruson & Ferguson

Review of the Data Availability and Transparency Act

DAT Act aims to enhance the accessibility and utility of government data, fostering innovation, improving public services and generating benefits for the Australian community.

Australia Privacy

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Holding Redlich

The privacy law reforms finally passed in 2024 set the priorities for 2025

Australia Privacy

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Holding Redlich

New Privacy Act introduces statutory tort for serious invasion of privacy. Local councils not immune from action.

Australia Privacy

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Bartier Perry

Can Patient Data Be Used To Train AI?

Australia Privacy

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Spruson & Ferguson

Privacy & AI: How much does your AI know?

Australia Privacy

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

NSW court registry data breach threatens to further erode confidence in justice system

Australia Privacy

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Data Privacy And Protecting Children Online – Finding A Path Through The Complexities

Australia Privacy

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A&O Shearman

New National Health (Privacy) Rules commence

Australia Privacy

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Holding Redlich

Serious invasion of privacy and small business

Australia Privacy

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Bartier Perry

WA Government passes innovative Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing regime

Australia Privacy

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Australia's Proposed Scams Prevention Framework

Australia Finance

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K&L Gates LLP

Concerns for business under the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024

Australia Privacy

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Coleman Greig Lawyers

Australia's Regulatory Crackdown Targets Bribery, Money Laundering And Cybercrime

Australia Criminal

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A&O Shearman

Community & Associations Newsletter – January 2025

Australia Media & IT

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Carroll & O'Dea

Privacy and AI Regulations | 2024 review & 2025 outlook

Australia Privacy

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Spruson & Ferguson

New Privacy Laws Have Passed - time to review your privacy practices!

Australia Privacy

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Colin Biggers & Paisley

Privacy Considerations Surrounding The Introduction Of The COVIDSafe Contact Tracing App In Australia (Video)

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Davies Collison Cave

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