By Saloni Sinha ( October 26, 2026, 06:33 GMT | Insight) -- Large-scale data breaches reported to Australia’s privacy watchdog increased between January and June 2025, with notifications affecting more than one million people rising from two to 15, while privacy complaints jumped 60 percent in 2025-2026, the regulator said. Monday’s statistics come just days after the regulator said that it received 5,268 privacy complaints in 2025–26, a 60 percent increase from the previous year, as concerns grew over personal-data protection, artificial intelligence and social media.Large-scale data breaches reported to Australia’s privacy watchdog increased between January and June 2025, with notifications affecting more than one million people rising from two to 15, while privacy complaints jumped 60 percent in 2025-2026, the regulator said....
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