Australia's Information Office Prioritizes Privacy Rights, Information Imbalances
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner will focus on sectors and technologies that compromise rights and create power and information imbalances, Information Commissioner Elizabeth Tydd said Tuesday as the OAIC released its 2025-2026 agenda.
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This focus will include ad tech such as tracking pixels, practices that erode privacy through AI, and excessive collection and retention of personal data.
A second regulatory track will center on preserving rights in new and emerging technologies such as facial recognition, biometric scanning and location data tracking in apps, as well as safeguarding privacy and information access rights in government use of AI and automated decision-making.
The office also said it intends to boost information governance and integrity in the public service by, among other things, highlighting areas where data and requests for access to data aren't managed properly under the Privacy Acts.
Tydd said that the aim of releasing the office's regulatory priorities is to make the public aware of the harms it's focused on and alert industry and government how they can uphold their obligations.