The Privacy Commissioner has published a case study of what can go wrong when using publicly available GenAI tools like ChatGPT in the workplace.
In the fictional case study a car insurance company permits its employees to use individual accounts on publicly available GenAI products to assist in performing routine tasks, such as summarising documents…
The Australian Sanctions Office (ASO) has released 8 new advisory notes to assist financial service providers in understanding their sanctions risks.
The advisory notes include:
Key points…
Australia’s National Artificial Intelligence Centre has published the Guidance for AI Adoption which sets out 6 essential practices for responsible AI governance and adoption.
It recommends identifying who is accountable, testing and monitoring and maintaining human control.
The guidance includes an AI screening tool, AI policy guide and template and an AI register template.
The…
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has released its privacy regulatory priorities for 2025–26, including use of advertising technology, including pixel tracking, and the application of AI technology in ways that could ‘erode’ information access and privacy rights.
The OAIC will focus on sectors and technologies that compromise rights and create power…
Contracts, as legally enforceable agreements, have a legal lifecycle from due diligence, analysis and negotiation, through to acceptance, implementation, administration, storage, dispute resolution and termination.
Contracts carry an element of risk, especially if they are material to the business.
If you are an APRA-regulated entity, you must have a supplier register to track your contracts…
As the landscape of AI regulation in Australia evolves to deal with the risk of AI-enabled disinformation, fraud, and privacy breaches, the Government has announced proposals for consumer law reforms to strengthen consumer guarantees, ban unfair trading practices and introduce artificial intelligence (AI) specific protections.
Treasury has published a discussion paper Review of AI and…
The OAIC has published 2 new privacy guides on artificial intelligence (AI) for organisations:
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The Australian Government has published a Proposals Paper for Introducing mandatory guardrails for AI in high-risk settings. It has also published a Voluntary AI Safety Standard.
It is proposed that in designating an AI system as high-risk due to its use, regard must be given to: a. The risk of adverse impacts to…
The ACCC has published the issues paper for the 10th and final report of the ACCC’s Digital Platform Services Inquiry which will focus on the following 3 topics:
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Recent announcements by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) discuss the risks associated with Artificial Intelligence and cyber threats.
In a recent speech an APRA Executive Board Member said that APRA broadly supports regulated entities beginning to test how they can incorporate AI into their practices.
But they cautioned that:
In common with any type…
