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Virgin sued by union over privacy concerns linked to COVID-19 jab mandate
Aviation 2021-10-08 7:11 pm By Miklos Bolza

The aircraft engineers’ union has filed Federal Court proceedings against Virgin Australia over alleged privacy breaches relating to the airline’s enforcement of its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy.

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IOOF unit loses bid to strike out ASIC’s cybersecurity case
ANZ 2021-10-07 1:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

IOOF unit RI Advice has lost its bid to strike out ASIC’s novel case claiming it failed to protect its clients against cybersecurity risks, but a judge has chastised the regulator for causing “needless confusion” and “wasted time”.

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Qld police commissioner faces legal challenge to COVID-19 vaccine policy
Alexander Law 2021-09-29 10:16 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Queensland police Commissioner is facing a lawsuit alleging an order requiring staff to get a COVID-19 vaccine violates privacy and discrimination laws and should be declared invalid.

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ASIC’s cybersecurity test case ‘completely incoherent’, IOOF unit tells judge
ANZ 2021-09-06 9:47 pm By Bianca Hrovat

An IOOF unit accused of failing to protect its clients against cybersecurity risks has slammed ASIC’s claims in the novel case, describing the regulator’s further amended statement of claim as “grossly unfair” and “completely incoherent”.

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OAIC launches investigation into Optus data breach
Class Actions 2021-08-06 11:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is investigating whether Optus breached privacy law after the telco wrongly published customers’ personal details in the White Pages in 2019.

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Noni B owner appeals ruling ordering it to hand over docs to ACMA
ACMA 2021-07-19 1:16 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Mosaic Brands has appealed a ruling ordering it to comply with a request for documents from the Australian Communications and Media Authority over its potential violations of the Spam Act.

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Facebook says ACCC’s data collection allegations ‘overstated’
ACCC 2021-07-06 11:52 am By Miklos Bolza

Facebook has accused the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission of overstating the amount of data it collected on users through its discontinued Onavo Protect mobile app, and says the collection was allowed under its terms of service.

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Noni B owner must hand over docs sought by ACMA in Spam Act investigation
ACMA 2021-06-21 1:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has ordered Noni B owner Mosaic Brands to comply with a request for documents issued by the Australian Communications and Media Authority in relation to potential violations of the Spam Act.

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Secure Logic faces potential criminal prosecution for employee spying
Benjamin DeBuse 2021-06-15 10:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

Cyber security company Secure Logic Group has won an injunction barring two former executives from using confidential information, but the victory is a Pyrrhic one for the firm, whose covert surveillance of one of the executives could lead to criminal charges.

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800-page report dooms ASIC bid for early trial in cybersecurity case against IOOF unit
ASIC 2021-05-14 3:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has denied ASIC’s request that the court hear its case against RI Advice in November, giving the IOOF unit more time to respond to the 800-page expert report filed by the regulator in support of its case that the company lacked adequate cybersecurity systems.

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