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

On 29 September 2025, Australian Clinical Labs (ACL) and the OAIC informed the Federal Court of Australia that they had reached agreement on a $5.8 million penalty arising from ACL's 2022...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Roche Legal

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

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Cooper Grace Ward

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

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Holding Redlich

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

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Mission impossible? Cybersecurity and privacy for AFS licensees

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Holley Nethercote

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

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A&O Shearman

Smart Tech, Safe Hands

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IR Global

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

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Photography, privacy and copyright infringement

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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

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Carroll & O'Dea

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

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Employing Work And Holiday Makers Beyond Six Months | Staying Compliant

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Introducing Cathro Clarity: Unlocking Australia's Insolvency Data

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Cathro & Partners

Immigration And Australian Federal Election Campaign Promises

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Blockchain Bites: NASDAQ Bets On Blockchain With Tokenised Stocks And ETFs; ASIC Mints Regulatory Relief For AFSL Licensed Stablecoins; Binance Nears Agreement To End US Monitorship

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Piper Alderman

Skilled Visa Salary Thresholds To Increase To 4.6% From 1 July 2025

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Breaking silos: Building a cross-team privacy culture

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

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Holding Redlich

Privacy Awareness Week 2025

The PAW theme is especially fitting considering recent Australian privacy strides, including the new tort for serious invasions of privacy which came into effect on 10 June 2025.

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K&L Gates LLP

Australia's ongoing privacy reforms: bolstering Australia's privacy regulatory framework

Overview of the key recent developments in Australia's privacy landscape, including the commencement of the new statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy.

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Privacy – it's everyone's business (and regulators think so too)

Protecting personal information is not just the job of privacy professionals, but a shared responsibility across all sectors of society.

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Holding Redlich

Privacy And Cyber Security Law Reforms Are Live: What You Need To Do To Prepare

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Piper Alderman

New Serious Invasion Of Privacy Tort In Australia For Privacy Comes Into Effect

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

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

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A&O Shearman

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

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Kennedys

Having AI On Your Privacy Policy

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Spruson & Ferguson

Review of the Data Availability and Transparency Act

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Holding Redlich

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

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Holding Redlich

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

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Bartier Perry

Can Patient Data Be Used To Train AI?

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Spruson & Ferguson

Privacy & AI: How much does your AI know?

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

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

A step up in privacy laws in Australia and lays the groundwork for businesses to uplift their privacy practices.

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Holding Redlich

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

The Act amended the Privacy Act with its most controversial and significant amendment - the introduction of a statutory tort for serious invasion of privacy.

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Bartier Perry

Can Patient Data Be Used To Train AI?

Inventors and Applicants need to ensure that the data used to support their patent applications comply with relevant laws relating to the use of patient data.

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Spruson & Ferguson

Privacy & AI: How much does your AI know?

Businesses need to be aware of how these changes will impact them in the event of a privacy or data breach.

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

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

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Australia's Proposed Scams Prevention Framework

In response to growing concerns regarding the financial and emotional burden of scams on the community, the Australian government has developed the Scams Prevention Framework Bill 2024 (the Bill).

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K&L Gates LLP

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

Introduction of a new statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy will begin by 10 June 2025.

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Coleman Greig Lawyers

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

New bribery offenses in Australia now make it easier for authorities to prosecute organizations and require companies to exercise greater oversight and controls.

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A&O Shearman

Community & Associations Newsletter – January 2025

Welcome to 2025: we hope the year has started happily for all.

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Carroll & O'Dea

Privacy and AI Regulations | 2024 review & 2025 outlook

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Spruson & Ferguson

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

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Avant Law

How To Find Out If Someone Has An AVO – 2025 UPDATE

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Astor Legal

ASIC v HSBC: Is "adequacy" enough to manage cybersecurity risk?

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Holley Nethercote

Further update to Australia's privacy law reforms

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Pointon Partners

Regulatory Radar Q4 2024

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Gilchrist Connell

Preparing for the privacy reforms – heightening individual protections

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Bartier Perry

Bits, Bytes and Boards: Australia's New Cyber Security Act 2024

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Gilchrist Connell

Changes to Australia's Privacy Act bolster enforcement and investigative powers

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

First phase of privacy law reform passes – what's next?

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Holding Redlich

Navigating Australia's New Privacy Guidelines On Tracking Pixels: What Your Business Needs To Know

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Hall Booth Smith, P.C.

‘Tis the Season for Cyber Security Reform

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Bennett & Philp Lawyers

Facial recognition and privacy: Lessons from the Bunnings determination

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Holding Redlich

Australia passes cyber security laws to bolster national cyber defences and resilience across public and private sectors

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Kennedys

Privacy and AI – new guidance from OAIC

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Holding Redlich

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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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