The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has unveiled its areas for regulatory focus in 2025–26. Notably, one of the priorities is that the OAIC will protect and uphold privacy and information access rights when dealing with new and emerging technologies with high impact, including: (1) facial recognition technology and forms of biometric scanning; (2) new surveillance technologies such as location data tracking in apps, cars and other devices; and (3) the preservation of both privacy and information access rights in government use of AI and automated decision making.
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