Australian court recordings accessed overseas in error, privacy watchdog says
By Sean Maguire ( November 4, 2026, 05:06 GMT | Insight) -- Australia’s privacy watchdog closed preliminary inquiries into unauthorized overseas access to federal court recordings, finding that subcontractor employees in India accessed snippets from 93 court matters following an error by VIQ Solutions’ Canadian parent. The watchdog identified a possible breach of VIQ’s information-security obligations but declined to investigate further, citing the limited scale, the courts’ response and VIQ’s liquidation. VIQ’s collapse forced the courts to establish their own recording and transcription service at a cost of A$1.5 million ($1.03 million), with minimal disruption to judicial operations.Australia’s privacy watchdog on Wednesday closed preliminary inquiries into unauthorized overseas access to federal court recordings, saying the access resulted from an error and was narrower than initial media reports suggested....
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