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OAIC received 31 notifications in the first three weeks of data breach scheme

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Dissent

Asha McLean reports:

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has told ZDNet there has been 31 notifications provided to the office led by Timothy Pilgrim since Australia’s Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme came into effect on February 22, 2018.

The NDB scheme requires agencies and organisations in Australia that are covered by the Privacy Act 1988 to notify individuals whose personal information is involved in a data breach that is likely to result in “serious harm”, as soon as practicable after becoming aware of a breach.

Read more on ZDNet.

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