Privacy Regulation Roundup – October 2026
In this month’s roundup we explore:
- OpenAI Answers for Rogue Agent Breach – Safayat Moahamad
- OpenAI apologized to the Australian Parliament after one of its rogue AI agents breached the Services Australia Medicare portal, an incident the affected agency learned of nearly three months later.
- Discover how Info-Tech can help: Develop and Implement a Security Incident Management Program
- A Decision-Rights Register for AI Agents – Safayat Moahamad
- Privacy professionals have proposed a decision-rights register for AI agents that records which AI systems can make decisions, who reviews and approves their outputs, and how those decisions are documented.
- Learn how Info-Tech's research can help: Develop an AI Compliance Strategy
- Assess AI Connectors in the DPIA – Safayat Moahamad
- AI governance assessments, including the EU AI Act's fundamental rights impact assessment and the GDPR DPIA, often overlook the connectors that determine what enterprise data AI systems can access.
- Explore Info-Tech's guidance: Conduct an AI Privacy Risk Assessment