Archive:August 2026

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“Breaches Will Occur. Preparedness Helps You Contain Them”: Five Eyes Releases Statement on AI and Cyber Risk
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Australian Privacy Commissioner Finds Health Firms Track Patients’ Searches Without Obtaining Consent
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Capture the Flag, Capture the Company Data
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OAIC Publishes Updated Guidance on Facial Recognition Technology for Australia
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EU-US Data Privacy Framework Under the Spotlight Following FTC Independence Ruling

“Breaches Will Occur. Preparedness Helps You Contain Them”: Five Eyes Releases Statement on AI and Cyber Risk

By: Cameron AbbottDaniel KnightRob Pulham and Emre Cakmakcioglu

Western intelligence alliance Five Eyes has issued a strong warning to business leaders: AI-driven transformation of cyber risk is already here, and the time to act is now.

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Australian Privacy Commissioner Finds Health Firms Track Patients’ Searches Without Obtaining Consent

By: Cameron AbbottRob Pulham and Emre Cakmakcioglu

The Australian Privacy Commissioner has determined that Monash IVF and a telehealth company have interfered with the privacy of website visitors via tracking pixels, without obtaining end-user consent.

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Capture the Flag, Capture the Company Data

By: Cameron Abbott, Daniel Knight, Rob Pulham and Emre Cakmakcioglu

Mere days after an AI firm’s model hacked into Hugging Face, a separate AI company has now revealed that three of its models have hacked into three external companies during testing.

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OAIC Publishes Updated Guidance on Facial Recognition Technology for Australia

By: Cameron Abbott, Rob Pulham, and Emre Cakmakcioglu

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has published updated guidance for entities considering using facial recognition technology (FRT) in high-volume, publicly accessible physical spaces, like retail shopfronts.

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EU-US Data Privacy Framework Under the Spotlight Following FTC Independence Ruling

By: Sarah Pearce and Sophie Verstraeten

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has called on the European Commission to assess the implications of the recent US Supreme Court decision in Trump v. Slaughter for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), the mechanism that facilitates transfers of personal data between the EU and participating US organisations.

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