Chris Merritt reports:
The federal government is considering changing the law so corporate victims of criminal computer hacking can be sued over privacy breaches.
This change formed part of discussions on Monday between Privacy Minister Brendan O’Connor and a lobby group that wants to subject companies and journalists to criminal penalties for privacy breaches.
The talks covered the possibility of using the government’s proposed privacy tort to sue companies when criminal computer hackers breach firewalls and other security measures to steal data.
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