Privacy Law Reform To-Do List: Privacy Awareness Week 2013

By | May 3rd, 2013|Broker, Consumer, Industry News, Make Credit Work For You, Privacy Commissioner|

In our last post for Privacy Awareness Week 2013, we set out some actions you can take now for your [...]

Privacy Law reform – protecting your personal information and your credit file: Privacy Awareness Week 2013

By | May 2nd, 2013|Broker, Consumer, Identity Theft, Industry News, Privacy Commissioner|

Identity theft is an ever-growing threat to Australians and the commodity which is traded, sought after and misused for criminal [...]

New laws to aid in correcting your credit report: Privacy Awareness Week 2013

By | April 30th, 2013|Broker, Consumer, Industry News, Privacy Commissioner|

There are a number of significant changes which will impact the correction of credit reports coming through once Privacy Act [...]

Privacy Awareness Week 2013 Privacy Law Reform

By | April 29th, 2013|Broker, Consumer, Industry News, Make Credit Work For You, Privacy Commissioner|

29 April to 4 May 2013 is Privacy Awareness Week 2013 across Australia. MyCRA Credit Rating Repair are once again [...]

Miss a bill payment by one day and risk your credit rating: New Privacy Laws passed today -UPDATE -Live Radio Interview on News Talk 4BC with Graham Doessel of MyCRA and Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim

By | December 14th, 2012|Consumer, Industry News, Legislation, Privacy Commissioner|

Yesterday, Graham Doessel, founder and CEO of MyCRA Credit Rating Repairs was interviewed along with the Privacy Commissioner, Mr Timothy [...]

Miss a bill payment by one day and risk your credit rating: New Privacy Laws passed today.

By | November 29th, 2012|Industry News, media releases, Press Releases, Privacy Commissioner|

Media Release Miss a bill payment by one day and risk your credit rating: New Privacy Laws passed today. 29 [...]

Mandatory data breach notification finally on the table in Australia

By | October 18th, 2012|Identity Theft, Privacy Commissioner|

Should organisations be required by law to make data breach notifications when they occur? The Australian government has finally put [...]

ID scanners in nightclubs are boosting the risk of ID theft says Privacy Commissioner

By | October 2nd, 2012|Identity Theft, Privacy Commissioner|

Their purpose is to crack down on crimes of violence in pubs and clubs. But according to the Privacy Commissioner, [...]

Telstra’s security slip-up was a breach of the Privacy Act

By | July 2nd, 2012|Identity Theft, Industry News, Privacy Commissioner|

Back in December 2011 a customer discovered the identity details of 734,000 Telstra Australia customers had been exposed to possible [...]

A wait and see approach to logistics of new credit laws

By | May 31st, 2012|Broker, Consumer, Legislation, Privacy Commissioner|

Most people are very positive about changes to Australia's Privacy Laws which are coming through Parliament, effectively bringing Australia out [...]

Credit reporting law changes – a look at complaints handling

By | May 8th, 2012|Industry News, Legislation, Privacy Commissioner|

Credit reporting is set to be overhauled. In our arena of helping consumers make complaints and dispute their credit reports [...]

12 Quick Privacy Tips for Parents

By | May 6th, 2012|Identity Theft, Privacy Commissioner|

As we close off Privacy Awareness Week 2012, it’s important to take away some information that people can use in their daily [...]

Privacy Protection set to be heightened under Australian Law

By | May 3rd, 2012|Identity Theft, Legislation, Privacy Commissioner|

Big changes are coming for Australian privacy rights and laws governing the use of personal information. The Australian Government has [...]

Privacy Commissioner reports data breaches on the rise

By | May 2nd, 2012|Identity Theft, Privacy Commissioner|

As part of Privacy Awareness Week 2012, over 180 business leaders met in Sydney this week to discuss the topic [...]

TMI – 5 things all young people should know about privacy, social networking and credit.

By | May 1st, 2012|Identity Theft, Industry News, Privacy Commissioner|

If you didn’t have Facebook or Twitter – you’d be lost right? It’s a great way to keep in touch [...]

MyCRA Partners Privacy Awareness Week 2012

By | April 30th, 2012|Identity Theft, Industry News, Privacy Commissioner|

MyCRA Credit Rating Repairs is proud to be a Privacy Awareness Week (PAW) Partner for 2012 which runs 29 April to [...]

Privacy Commissioner casts final verdict on Sony data breach

By | October 3rd, 2011|Consumer, Identity Theft, Privacy Commissioner|

It seems that there will be no reprisal according to Australian law for the victims of the Sony PlayStation/Qriocity saga [...]

Privacy Commissioner releases findings on Telstra mailout error

By | July 8th, 2011|Identity Theft, Industry News, Privacy Commissioner|

Whenever the public are in danger of having their credit file tarnished due to data breaches which can result in identity theft, [...]

Yes, You Can Get A Free Copy Of Your Credit File In Australia

By | June 7th, 2011|Consumer, Privacy Commissioner|

There has been a lot of chatter recently about Identity Theft, Online Scams and  such and one of the best [...]

Cyber security – it concerns our credit file

By | June 1st, 2011|Identity Theft, Industry News, Privacy Commissioner|

It’s National Cyber Security Awareness Week this week, from 30 May to 3 June. The Government holds this week to [...]

Sony dangles a carrot to entice users back to its system

By | May 16th, 2011|Consumer, Identity Theft, Industry News, media releases, Press Releases, Privacy Commissioner|

Sony has offered a sweetener in the hope that most of its 17 million users will be enticed back to [...]

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Privacy Commissioner Investigates Sony Data Breach

By | May 5th, 2011|Identity Theft, Industry News, Privacy Commissioner|

On April 27 I posted about the Sony PlayStation data breach which occurred on April 17 and has possibly affected [...]

Identity theft danger – PlayStation account information hacked worldwide

By | April 27th, 2011|Identity Theft, Industry News, Privacy Commissioner|

PlayStation users should contact their banks immediately. Sony Australia has confirmed today that the personal information of all PlayStation Network [...]

Australians are battling with creditors and agencies over their credit rating

By | March 12th, 2011|Defaults Removed, Industry News, media releases, Press Releases, Privacy Commissioner|

CREDIT rating defaults are very easy to come by, but not so easy to remove on your own, according to [...]

Crime storm blows in after Cyclone Yasi

By | March 12th, 2011|Identity Theft, media releases, Press Releases, Privacy Commissioner|

VICTIMS of CYCLONE YASI are urged to take real and important measures to protect their identities from thieves in the [...]

NATIONAL CONSUMER FRAUD WEEK – SCAMS: IT’S PERSONAL

By | March 10th, 2011|Identity Theft, Industry News, media releases, Press Releases, Privacy Commissioner|

This week has been National Consumer Fraud week, and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) have themed this year [...]

Privacy Commissioner gets tough on Vodafone

By | February 25th, 2011|media releases, Press Releases, Privacy Commissioner|

MyCRA Credit Rating Repair Vodafone customers' personal information was available on a publically accessible website.. Vodafone was in breach of their obligations under the Privacy Act... The AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION now sites identity theft as the "fastest growing crime in AUSTRALIA

First Telstra & Now Vodafone… What Privacy Protection Do We Really Have?

By | January 10th, 2011|Industry News, media releases, Privacy Commissioner|

Recently I blogged about Telstra allegedly breaching the privacy of some 200,000 clients by sending out letters to clients containing [...]