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Data breaches in Australia

Recent large Australian data breaches and their implications for the digital ID system.

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Feb 2, 2026

Are there privacy or legal concerns for using the digital id with private service providers in australia?

’s Digital ID regime builds legal safeguards and oversight into a voluntary, accredited system intended to be extended to private service providers by December 2026, but significant privacy and legal ...

Feb 2, 2026

What alternatives or safeguards have been proposed to make Australia's digital ID acceptable?

couples a staged rollout with legal, technical and governance safeguards intended to limit data collection, restrict biometric use, ban single identifiers and impose heavy penalties for misuse — measu...