Privacy Watch
Privacy and compliance news that matters to Australian real-estate agencies: what each source published, with a short extract and a link straight to the original.
Last updated 1 August 2026. We link out to each original source; we don’t republish their articles.
Elite Agent
The trade press agents actually read; we surface the privacy, AML and data-security stories that affect how you run your agency.
- Barry Plant directors focus on strategy as AML deadline passes ↗
New Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing reforms, came into effect on 1 July, prompting agencies around the country to train staff…
- Why Insurance Should Be Part of Your AML Compliance Strategy ↗
No matter what or when, compliance in real estate is always important. But even good systems can’t eliminate every mistake – which is why agencies…
Consumer Affairs Victoria
Australia's most active state consumer regulator, covering rental, bond and property alerts that often signal where the other states head next.
- From Bendigo to Wangaratta: Renting Taskforce inspects rental properties across the state ↗
Rental properties in regional and metropolitan Victoria were inspected by the Renting Taskforce this week.
- Rent tech platform removes unlawful questions after taskforce intervention ↗
A widely used renting application platform has removed unlawful personal questions after Consumer Affairs Victoria identified it could lead to rental…
- Melbourne’s inner north targeted in winter auction compliance checks ↗
Consumer Affairs Victoria’s Underquoting Taskforce attended auctions across Melbourne’s inner north last weekend.
- Estate agency and representatives accused of rampant underquoting ↗
Former Glen Waverley agency Harcourts Judd White and three of its agent’s representatives are facing court accused of multiple cases of underquoting.
- Estate agency facing court and VCAT over alleged rental failures ↗
MASPROP Real Estate is facing criminal charges over its handling of bonds, as well as disciplinary action for alleged failures that left renters and…
Norton Rose Fulbright: Data Protection Report
Global data-protection analysis from a top-tier law firm; we track it for the developments that reach Australian agencies.
- The EU AI Act – when does it become enforceable now? ↗
The Digital Omnibus on AI ( AI Omnibus ) has now been published in the EU’s statute book . This pushes back some of the application dates for the AI…
- Quantum computing and cyber risk ↗
Most security commentators believe that quantum computing will put the “cracking” of public-key cryptography in reach. This underscores the…
- Rhode Island’s new AI and healthcare privacy law ↗
We recently published an article to commemorate AI Appreciation Day , but readers may also appreciate a law that recently passed In Rhode Island…
- AI Appreciation Day 2026 and key developments in governance and compliance ↗
As artificial intelligence ( AI ) becomes embedded in business operations, data protection frameworks are increasingly shaping how organizations…
- Record €18m fine for an IT service provider to the aviation sector – reuse of customer data ↗
Spain’s data protection agency, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos ( AEPD ), has fined Amadeus IT Group, S.A. ( Amadeus ) €18 million in…
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