Intellectual Property, Information Technology & Cybersecurity

Need to Know – Australia’s New Data Breach Notification Laws

Author: Katherine Hayes, Senior Associate and Greg Stirling, Associate 

The Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2017 amends the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and imposes an obligation on businesses to notify individuals and the Information Commissioner of data breaches. While the introduction of a mandatory data breach notification regime is significant, the threshold for notification is quite high.

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