"These delays really do raise serious concerns for Australian businesses, which since the introduction of the Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme, have been legally obliged to detect and report on breaches as rapidly as possible," said Joanne Wong, Marketing Director Asia Pacific and Japan, ...
Need to disclose a breach? Read this:Notifiable Data Breaches scheme: Getting ready to disclose a data breach in Australia Over in New Zealand, Waikato District Health Board (DHB) has issued an update to the ransomware attack itsuffered two weeks ago. Waikato DHB on May 18 experienced a full...
With massive new penalties already in play, a more active regulator, stricter privacy rules and the prospect of a privacy tort, it will be important to monitor how insurers react. We may see cyber or data specific insurance become more unattainable, see more carve-outs from other insurance pol...
Malicious or criminal attacks accounted for the majority of data breaches reported to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner in the three months to 30 June. The OAIC today released its second report on the Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme. The report revealed that 59 per...
doi:10.2139/ssrn.3154271mandatory data breachdata protectionprivacyAustralia lawAustralian privacy lawA short analysis of the operation of the Australian Notifiable Data Breach Scheme which commenced in operation from 22 February 2018.Social Science Electronic Publishing...
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s September 2023 report on Australia’s Notifiable Data Breach scheme found there were409 data breach notificationsfrom January to June 2023. This was down 16% on the previous six months, despite the period including Australia’s biggest data br...
Notifiable Data Breach Scheme; theSPAMAct. This post was written by James D. Ford, GAICD ofBlue Ocean Law Group, Sydney, Australia.Blue Ocean Law Group is the Legal Network Partner of iubenda in Australia + New Zealand and can be contacted viaahoy@blueocean.lawor toll-free 1800-0-Adapt...
Australia’s breach reporting laws came into effect at the end of February 2018. These laws are designed to mirror similar laws that have been put on the books in countries like the United States. In Australia, it is known as the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme. ...
Addenda was added via the Privacy Regulation 2013 and the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2017. The Privacy Act provides a set of principles, known as the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs), that offer rules around data protection, transparency, and direct marketing. Although ...
A survey shows breach costs have gone down, but the reasons are unclear. And the cost of customer data lost through supplier breaches is rising.