This appeared late last week.Data breach notification bill receives bipartisan backingLegislation for mandatory data breach notification scheme passed by lower houseRohan Pearce (Computerworld) 07 February, 2017 13:29 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 introduced the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016 in October. The bill has yet to be introduced in the Senate.Under the bill, if an organisation subject to Privacy Act obligations suffers an “eligible data breach”, it is obliged to notify both the Australian Information Commissioner and individuals whose data was affected by the breach.Organisations subject to Privacy Act obligations include most Australian government agencies, businesses with an annual turnover in excess of $3 million, as well as a number of smaller organisations, such those handling...
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