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96,000 public servants in new data breach


By Noel Towell

The federal government is caught up in a second data privacy scare, this time involving a massive data-set on more than 96,000 of its public servants amid fears their confidential information

Quoting from http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/public-service/i-dont-trust-abs-with-my-personal-data-exabs-staffer-20160517-goxl3e.html

I don't trust ABS with my personal data: ex-ABS staffer

May 20 2016 - 10:47PM

A former Bureau of Statistics

Quoting from PSnews online.  Edition Number 490.  Updated Tuesday, 9 February 2016.

http://www.psnews.com.au/aps/490/news/private-eye-focuses-on-digital-rights

Private eye focuses on digital rights

The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Privacy, Jo

Quoting from http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-psychology-clinic-accidentally-reveals-clients-personal-details-in-email-20160115-gm6iob.html

Canberra psychology clinic accidentally reveals clients' personal details in email

Date Januar

Quoting from PSnewsonline Edition Number 481f.  Updated Friday 13 November 2015.

http://www.psnews.com.au/aps/481/news/census-planners-sensitive-to-privacy?utm_source=aps481&utm_medium=email&utm_content=news1&utm_campaign=newsletter_aps

Census planner

OAIC plays global role against Adobe

PSnewsonline Edition Number 460, Updated Tuesday, 16 June, 2015

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has joined an international investigation of Adobe Systems following a cyber-attack that a

The 2015 Amsterdam Privacy Conference (APC 2015) 23-26 October brings together researchers, practitioners, policy makers and professionals in the field of privacy to share insights, exchange ideas and formulate, discuss and answer the challenging pri

Privacy and a Community Archive (in Insite Magazine, Nov-Jan 2015)

By Graham Willett, Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives; and Steve Wright, Monash University

The current era of digital access and the availability of personal information online has hig

Quoting from the PS News Edition Number 403f. Updated Friday, 04 April 2014 http://www.psnews.com.au/Page_psn403f2.html?utm_source=psn403f&utm_medium=email&utm_content=news2&utm_campaign=newsletter_Friday

Guarding privacy in the digital era

The Austra

http://rhizomedigital.com.au/privacy-access-and-client-records/

Recently I have had considerable exposure to the intricacies and complexity of client records, especially in Community Service Organisations or CSOs. I have worked closely with CSOs for a