On 9 October 2024, the Australian Government introduced the Cyber Security Legislative Package 2024 into Parliament as part of reforms to strengthen Australia's national cyber defences.
The Attorney-General has introduced the highly anticipated amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) to the Australian Federal Parliament.
This recent case represents the first time the courts have considered non-cash payment facilities in the crypto-asset context and represents ASIC's increasing scrutiny and prosecution of crypto-asset projects.
A recent case in the Federal Court of Australia represents the first time the concept of 'debentures' has been considered by Australian courts with respect to cryptocurrencies.
In the wake of the unfair contract terms regime changes in Australia, the High Court of Australia recently considered the application of the unfair contract terms regime to contracts created...
2023 may be a year no space insurer wishes to repeat, with the space insurance market experiencing some of the biggest losses in two decades.
The Digital Platform Regulators' Forum has prepared a joint submission to government acknowledging the potential for artificial intelligence to enhance Australia's digital economy but also to compromise consumer protection, competition,...
It has been a challenging 12 months for crypto assets, with a number of high-profile collapses eroding trust in the sector.
On 27 June 2023, the Australian Prudential and Regulation Authority (APRA) announced it would impose on Medibank Private a capital adequacy requirement of $250 million.
Proceedings against social media giant Facebook demonstrate that the jurisdiction of the OAIC extends even to companies located predominantly outside of Australia.
On 26 July 2023 the Federal Court ordered two Facebook subsidiaries, Facebook Israel Ltd and Onavo Inc to each pay a pecuniary penalty of $10 million for engaging in misleading...
Regulatory activity in the first half of 2023 has included a joint investigation into Latitude Finance by the OAIC and New Zealand's Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
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