Australia’s Notifiable Data Breach Scheme in effect from 22 Feb 2018

The Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme under Part IIIC of the Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy Act) established requirements for entities in responding to data breaches.

All agencies and organisations in Australia that are covered by the Privacy Act will be required to notify individuals whose personal information is involved in a data breach that is likely to result in “serious harm”, as soon as practicable after becoming aware of a breach.

For more information please read this article from ZDNet

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has provided detailed guidance on compliance together with a raft of NDB-related resources.

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