Data Protection Archive
A data breach at Perth Mint initially thought to have affected 13 customers turns out to have been far more extensive. The government-owned bullion mint and precious metals trader confirmed that about 3,200 records were breached, with names, addresses, passport …
Australia has been ranked fifth globally in Risk Based Security’s Mid-Year 2018 Data Breach QuickView report, which showed there have been a staggering 2,308 publicly disclosed data breaches in the first half of 2018. Key findings of the report The …
The OAIC (Office of the Australian Information Commissioner) has released its Notifiable Data Breaches Quarterly Statistics Report for Q2 (1 April – 30 June 2018), which examines the current state of data breaches in Australia under the NDB (Notifiable Data …
Since the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into effect on 25 May 2018, there has been a substantial rise in data breach notifications. Although the GDPR is an EU regulation, it can still apply to organisations across Asia-Pacific. The …
On 25 May 2018, the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into force, expanding the rights of individuals to control how their personal data is collected and processed, and placing a range of new obligations on organisations to be …
Singapore has suffered its worst cyber attack after criminal hackers stole the personal information of 1.5 million SingHealth patients – just under a third of the population of Singapore. Who has been affected? In a statement, the Ministry of Communications …
Currently, if an organisation in New Zealand suffers a data breach affecting personal information, it is not legally obliged to alert people who have been affected or notify the Privacy Commissioner. However, the new Privacy Bill could change this. Why …
The introduction of the NDB (Notifiable Data Breaches) scheme and the EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in 2018 places a considerable responsibility on Australian organisations that process personal data. Both laws grant data subjects increased rights when it comes …
It has been revealed that the personal data of more than 5 million Yatra.com customers was exposed in a data breach of the Indian online travel bookings platform. The breach occurred back in 2013, however it was only last week …
International ticket vendor Ticketmaster has “identified malicious software on a customer support product hosted by Inbenta Technologies, an external third-party supplier to Ticketmaster”. Potentially compromised information includes: Names Addresses Email addresses Telephone numbers Payment details Ticketmaster login details International customers …
