Security

Our Security Responsibility

We will endeavour to ensure that:

•    The data you give us will be safe and protected using best practice standards and
•    Your data will be stored at a secure facility and will only be used for the purpose that was originally requested for and will not be given to a third party without your express authorisation.

The Office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) will undertake all necessary steps to protect your data in our custody.  

Charging adviser service fees to dead superannuation members: former CBA subsidiary fined seven figures in landmark criminal case

Location
Victoria
2022
On 15 June 2022, the County Court of Victoria convicted and fined Avanteos $1.71 million for failing to update defective disclosure statements, which the Court described as a very serious failure of corporate governance.

Prosecution of Mr Bernard Collaery

On 7 July 2022 the Commonwealth Attorney-General, the Honourable Mark Dreyfus QC MP, announced he had declined to proceed further in the prosecution of Mr Bernard Collaery for five offences relating to the alleged unlawful communication of ASIS information contrary to the Intelligence Services Act 2001.  The prosecution of Mr Collaery for these offences was a matter being conducted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth DPP).

Banking cartel prosecutions discontinued

On 11 February 2022, the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions Ms Sarah McNaughton SC announced her decision to decline to proceed further in the criminal prosecutions of Citigroup Global Markets Australia Pty Limited, Deutsche Bank AG and four senior banking executives for cartel offences arising from an ANZ institutional share placement in August 2015.

These prosecutions commenced in June 2018 following an investigation by the ACCC and a referral of a brief of evidence to the CDPP.

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