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Au: Latest OAIC data breach report: a reduction in notifications but persistent concerns about cyber security incidents

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Dissent

Kate Marshall, Veronica Scott, and Jason Kaye of KPMG Law write:

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) now releases bi-annual reports on data breaches that are reported under the Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act). Its latest report for the period of January 2021 to June 2021 show 446 data breach notifications were received, a decrease of 16% on the previous reporting period. But the overall trends and takeways remain consistent over the last year – see our article here for our insights on the period, July to December 2020.

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