Tag: Data Breach Notification

NSW gets first state-based data breach notice scheme

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
New South Wales will have Australia’s first mandatory data breach notification scheme for public sector entities in place within a year after state government legislation passed Parliament. The Privacy...

NSW Labor backs data breach notice scheme

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The New South Wales Opposition won’t stand in the way of Australia’s first mandatory data breach notification scheme for state public sector entities, after having its own attempts knocked...

Ransomware and phishing drive data breach spike

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Phishing and ransomware attacks spiked in the last year leading to a growing number of data breaches, according to analysis of more than 29,000 security incidents. Australian governments and...

OAIC slims down data breach reports

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Only two reports will be produced annually on the notifiable data breach scheme by the government’s privacy authority in future in the wake of ongoing resourcing issues hanging over...

Health sector hit by data breaches

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner was notified of more than two data breaches per day in the last quarter as part of the new notification scheme, with...