The Victorian government has announced it will create a single organisation to oversee privacy and freedom of information issues in the state. The government announced today it will create an Office ...

The Black Victorians. Who were they? And why haven’t we heard more about them? Similar to the legend that was Dido Elizabeth Belle, a biracial aristocrat (unearthed by filmmaker Amma Asante, who ...

The Victorian government will be uploading driver's licence data to the federal government's National Driver Licence Facial Recognition Solution (NDLFRS), in a bid to crack down on identity fraud. The ...

The Australian state of Victoria has announced the appointment of Sven Bluemmel as its inaugural information commissioner. In his new role, Bluemmel will oversee the state's data protection laws, ...

The University of Melbourne will be subject to an investigation by the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner over its use of surveillance technology, including wi-fi location data, to ...

OVIC Privacy and Data Protection Deputy Commissioner Rachel Dixon used a state parliamentary committee on Monday to air her concerns about the use of the AI chatbot ...

The Allan government is opposing a Freedom of Information request relating to the system, with lawyers for the Premier’s office telling the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal the documents ...