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...
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...
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...
There is a difference between breaches that require notification and those that are deemed non-notifiable. If an organization can prove that a breach has taken place but they have taken the steps necessary to prevent the information that has been acquired from being a potential danger to those w...
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 ...
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...