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Incident: CBA customers’ medical data exposed in potential privacy breach | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Dec 3, 2018 | ABC News (Australia), APP Australian Privacy Principles, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Banking and Finance, Data Handling, Medical and Health Care, Privacy, Privacy Breach | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: December 03 2018 The Commonwealth Bank is...

Incident: Perth Mint customer data hacked | The West Australian

by Steven Kirby | Sep 8, 2018 | APP Australian Privacy Principles, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Banking and Finance, Hacked, Privacy Breach, The West Australian, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: September 08 2018 THE Perth Mint has launched...

Incident: Australian BPO firm Onehalf leaves data exposed on GitHub | iTWire

by Steven Kirby | Aug 30, 2018 | APP Australian Privacy Principles, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Configuration, Data Breach, iTWire, Privacy Breach, Services | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: August 30 2018 Australian business process...

Incident: Telstra user stumbles across ‘private’ details of 66,000 users | 9 News

by Steven Kirby | Jul 27, 2018 | 9 News, APP Australian Privacy Principles, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Configuration, Data Breach, Privacy, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider, Website Compromise | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: July 27 2018 Telstra customer stumbles across...

Incident: Government orders ‘urgent review’ of health app sharing users’ information with lawyers | ABC News

by Steven Kirby | Jun 26, 2018 | ABC News (Australia), APP Australian Privacy Principles, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Data Breach, Law & Legal, Medical and Health Care, Privacy, Privacy Breach | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: July 26 2018 An Australian medical booking app,...

Incident: CommBank sent 650 customer emails to wrong domain | iTWire

by Steven Kirby | Jun 2, 2018 | APP Australian Privacy Principles, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Banking and Finance, Data Handling, Email, iTWire, Privacy, Privacy Breach, User Error | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: June 02 2018 About 10,000 customers of the...

Incident: Cyber attack on Family Planning NSW client database | SMH

by Steven Kirby | May 14, 2018 | APP Australian Privacy Principles, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Data Breach, In the Press, Medical and Health Care, New South Wales, Privacy, Public Sector, SMH - The Sydney Morning Herald, State Government, Website Compromise | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: May 14 2018 A cyber attack on Family Planning...

Incident: Australia’s Largest Bank Lost The Personal Financial Histories Of 12 Million Customers | BuzzFeed

by Steven Kirby | May 2, 2018 | APP Australian Privacy Principles, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Banking and Finance, BuzzFeed, Data Loss, Privacy | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: May 02 2018 The Commonwealth Bank lost the...

Report: OAIC Quarterly Data Breach Statistics Report: January 2018 – March 2018

by Steven Kirby | Apr 11, 2018 | APP Australian Privacy Principles, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Reports, Breach Notification, Federal Government, Government Agency, OAIC Data Breach Report | 0 |

Australian Information Security Report: April 11 2018 The Office of the Australian Information...

Incident: Illawarra man held over car-sharing firm GoGet hack | iTWire

by Steven Kirby | Jan 31, 2018 | APP Australian Privacy Principles, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Credit Card, Data Breach, Hacked, iTWire, Privacy, Transport and Logistics | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: January 31 2018 The Australian car-sharing firm...

Health open data bungle meant Aussies could be identified | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Dec 21, 2017 | APP Australian Privacy Principles, Australia, Big Data, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Research, Data Handling, Federal Government, iTnews, Medical and Health Care, Privacy | 0 |

Researchers from the University of Melbourne have been able to easily re-identify patients from confidential data released by the federal Health department, without using decryption methods. Privacy commissioner investigating....

Data breaches likely to soar | afr.com

by Steven Kirby | Dec 14, 2017 | APP Australian Privacy Principles, Australia, Australian Corporations, Australian Financial Review (AFR), Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Privacy | 0 |

The number of data breaches reported by Australian companies could almost double next year under new privacy rules that start in February. Source: Data breaches likely to soar | afr.com

IAB Australia Regulation Update: New Mandatory Data Breach Notification Laws | IAB

by Steven Kirby | Nov 12, 2017 | APP Australian Privacy Principles, Australia, Australian Corporations, Breach Notification, Compliance, Federal Government, In the Press, Privacy | 0 |

From 22 February 2018, the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) will include a mandatory data breach notification scheme. This means you will have to alert authorities and all affected individuals about any ‘eligible data breach’ which takes...

GDPR matchup: Australia’s Privacy Act 1988 | iapp

by Steven Kirby | Oct 26, 2017 | APP Australian Privacy Principles, Australia, Compliance, GDRP, In the Press, Privacy | 0 |

In this Privacy Tracker series, we look at laws from across the globe and match them up against the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The aim is to help you determine how to avoid duplication as you move toward GDPR...

Compliance guru sees holes in Australia’s privacy law

by Steven Kirby | Oct 19, 2017 | APP Australian Privacy Principles, Australia, Cybersecurity, Federal Government, In the Press, Privacy | 0 |

While Australia’s privacy law has made a good start in encouraging better security hygiene, it may not go far enough to get all Australian and partner businesses in line, according to Chris Strand, Carbon Black’s global senior...

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Category: APP Australian Privacy Principles

Incident: CBA customers’ medical data exposed in potential privacy breach | ABC News (Australia)

Incident: Perth Mint customer data hacked | The West Australian

Incident: Australian BPO firm Onehalf leaves data exposed on GitHub | iTWire

Incident: Telstra user stumbles across ‘private’ details of 66,000 users | 9 News

Incident: Government orders ‘urgent review’ of health app sharing users’ information with lawyers | ABC News

Incident: CommBank sent 650 customer emails to wrong domain | iTWire

Incident: Cyber attack on Family Planning NSW client database | SMH

Incident: Australia’s Largest Bank Lost The Personal Financial Histories Of 12 Million Customers | BuzzFeed

Report: OAIC Quarterly Data Breach Statistics Report: January 2018 – March 2018

Incident: Illawarra man held over car-sharing firm GoGet hack | iTWire

Health open data bungle meant Aussies could be identified | iTnews

Data breaches likely to soar | afr.com

IAB Australia Regulation Update: New Mandatory Data Breach Notification Laws | IAB

GDPR matchup: Australia’s Privacy Act 1988 | iapp

Compliance guru sees holes in Australia’s privacy law

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