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59% of Q2 breaches in Australia were malicious or criminal attacks

Chloe Biscoe 9th August 2018 Cyber Security, Data Protection, ISO 27001

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 …

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Timehop data breach: more than 200,000 Australians likely affected

Chloe Biscoe 19th July 2018 Data Protection, EU GDPR

It has been revealed that more than 200,000 Australians are likely to have been affected by the recent Timehop data breach. How did the breach occur? On 5 July 2018, the social media app company announced it had experienced a …

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The Australian NDB scheme and the EU’s GDPR

Neil Ford 17th July 2018 Data Protection, EU GDPR

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 …

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