Australian data breach report shines spotlight on cyber attacks
Malicious or criminal attacks accounted for the majority of data breaches reported to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner in the three months to 30 June.
Malicious or criminal attacks accounted for the majority of data breaches reported to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner in the three months to 30 June.
Australia has reached an important milestone by enacting the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act, or, as it is better known, mandatory breach notification.
Health service providers accounted for almost a quarter of the breaches reported in the first six weeks of operation of the government’s Notifiable Data Breach (NDB).
Australia’s mandatory data breach notification regime takes effect today.
Uber has confirmed that in October 2016 hackers gained access to the licence numbers of 600,000 of its US drivers and the personal information of 57 million Uber users from around the world.
Labor will push for New South Wales to adopt new laws requiring state government agencies to notify individuals if their data is involved in a serious privacy breach
In just 100 days, on February 23, 2018, the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2017 goes into effect
In February of this year, the Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) legislation was passed, with the new regime coming into effect on 22 February 2018.
Australia’s Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2017 marks a milestone for information security legislation, but industry is still questioning the need for legal intervention.
Australia will finally get a mandatory data breach notification regime after a government bill was today passed by the Senate.
Australia is a step closer to having a mandatory data breach notification regime, after a bill to create such a scheme today received bipartisan support in the House of Representatives.
The government has finally introduced a long-awaited bill that will create a mandatory data breach notification scheme.
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards says the infamous hack of up to 500 million Yahoo email accounts demonstrates the importance of New Zealand introducing mandatory breach notification.
There has been a mixed reception from business to a draft government bill that would implement a mandatory data breach notification scheme.
The Senate yesterday backed a motion introduced by Greens Senator Scott Ludlam that called on the government to explain delays in introducing a mandatory data breach notification scheme.