Department of Home Affairs

Australia’s Information Commissioner finds Dept of Home Affairs breached data privacy

Lilia Guan

Orders compensation payable by Home Affairs for breaching detainees’ privacy. The Department of Home Affairs (formerly the Department of Immigration and Border Protection) has been found to have interfered with the privacy of 9,251 detainees in immigration detention by mistakenly releasing their personal information. Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner…

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Australia to spend AUD$1.6B on fighting cyber crime

Lilia Guan

10 year strategy to ensure a secure online world for Australia. The Australian Department of Home Affairs will invest $1.67 billion over 10 years in its Australian Cyber Security Strategy 2020. The latest strategy was created to help “achieve” and create a more secure online world for Australians, their businesses,…

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