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Media Law Journal
A funny thing happened on the way to abolishing the BSA…
By Steven
As you’ll know, the current government has decided to scrap the Broadcasting Standards Authority. This would happen after the election. But last month they introduced a Bill that would do…
Simple Justice
SCOTUS And The Fantasy Database
By a 6-3 majority, the Supreme Court stayed the temporary restraining order prohibiting the implementation of the government’s modified SAVE system to determine eligible voters. In its per curiam opinion,…
Substance Law Blog
How to File an ATIP Request with the Canadian Government
By Publisher
Get Information From the Federal Government of Canada Under the Access to Information Act If you are looking to obtain records from the Canadian government, filing an ATIP request may…
Bright Law Blog
Draft Children’s Online Privacy Code and financial services
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is consulting on the development of a Children’s Online Privacy Code. If a financial service provider is concerned with the activities of…
Bright Law Blog
Case note: privacy and facial recognition technology
In Bunnings Group Limited and Privacy Commissioner (Guidance and Appeals Panel) [2026] ARTA 130 the Administrative Review Tribunal set aside the Privacy Commissioner’s finding that Bunnings breached Australian Privacy Principle…
The Legal Wire
Privacy Commissioner says it won’t appeal tribunal’s ruling on Bunnings’ facial recognition technology
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has issued a statement regarding the Administrative Review Tribunal’s decision on Bunnings’ use of facial recognition technology (FRT), which had been employed…
The Legal Wire
OAIC statement on Administrative Review Tribunal’s Bunnings decision
The Administrative Review Tribunal has affirmed the Privacy Commissioner’s finding that Bunnings Group Limited contravened Australian Privacy Principles 1 and 5 by failing to provide appropriate notice or conduct formal…
Privacy Matters
Australia: Facial Recognition Technology Continues to Breach Australian Privacy Act
By Sarah Birkett, Clarissa Kwee
Three years after its investigation commenced, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has found that retail giant Kmart Australia Limited (Kmart) breached the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy…
Privacy Matters
Australia: Scraping the barrel – when data scraping breaches the Privacy Act
By Sarah Birkett, Clarissa Kwee, Carol Lin
What is data scraping? Data scraping is an automated process through which computer programs extract vast amounts of data from the internet at a faster rate than manual data collection…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Supreme Court Rules DOGE Can Access Social Security Data and Avoid FOIA—for Now
Quick Hits The Privacy Act of 1974 and FOIA govern how, when, and why public records may be collected, stored, and disclosed. Over objections from the Supreme Court’s three liberal…