DOSSIER / ACTORCOMPANY · HEALTH INSURANCE
Medibank
Status Tracked
Health insurer facing an OAIC civil penalty case, filed over its 2022 data breach, that has no outcome we have found; separately brought its own proceedings to restrain the Commissioner from deciding a representative complaint over the same breach.
- First tracked
- 2026
- Last on record
- 2026-10
- Named in
- 4 articles
- Across
- 2 cases
Named in 4 articles across 2 cases 20 connections: companies 8, mechanisms 1, regulators and bodies 5, agencies and departments 4, police 2
Key figure on file
Three of five, still open
Latitude (about 40 months), Medibank (about 27 months) and Optus (about 13 months) have no published outcome as of 24 September 2026.
Fig. 01 / Where this name appears
The Privacy RortThree of five, still openLatitude (about 40 months), Medibank (about 27 months) and Optus (about 13 months) have no published outcome as of 24 September 2026.3 articles →The Reporting Rort11 article →
Fig. 01Source: article scan · every article naming itAs of 2026‑10Auto-assembled
Fig. 02 / On the record
- Three of five, still openLatitude (about 40 months), Medibank (about 27 months) and Optus (about 13 months) have no published outcome as of 24 September 2026.Nearly five years →
- $2.22 millionThe maximum civil penalty per contravention that applied to the ACL, Medibank and Optus cases in this article; the Meta case carried a $1.7 million cap. Higher maximums have applied to conduct after 13 December 2022, but none of these cases involve conduct after that date.One penalty →
Fig. 02Source: figures on file for this name, each tied to the article it came fromAs of 2026‑10Auto-assembled
Fig. 03 / Named together
Fig. 03Source: article scan · articles naming bothAs of 2026‑10Auto-assembled
02 / Connected in the graph
Companies 8
OptusCOMPANY · TELECOMMUNICATIONS · 4Australian Clinical LabsCOMPANY · PATHOLOGY · 4MetaACTOR · PLATFORM · 2GoogleACTOR · PLATFORM · 1OpenAICOMPANY · AI · 1TelstraCOMPANY · TELECOMMUNICATIONS · 1QantasCOMPANY · AVIATION · 1American ExpressCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 1Mechanisms 1
Digital IDMECHANISM · IDENTITY · 1Regulators & bodies 5
The OAICFEDERAL REGULATOR · 4The ACCCFEDERAL REGULATOR · 2The eSafety CommissionerFEDERAL REGULATOR · 1The ACMAFEDERAL REGULATOR · 1Cyber Security NSWACTOR · BODY · 1Agencies & departments 4
Services AustraliaACTOR · AGENCY · 1The ASDACTOR · AGENCY · 1PM&CACTOR · DEPARTMENT · 1NPWSACTOR · AGENCY · 1Police 2
Victoria PoliceSTATE POLICE FORCE · 1NSW PoliceSTATE POLICE FORCE · 103 / The evidence chain
The Privacy Rort
01One penaltyTHE PRIVACY RORT · 02Nearly five yearsTHE PRIVACY RORT · 04Promised in 2019THE PRIVACY RORT · The Reporting Rort
03Fourteen daysTHE REPORTING RORT ·