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The GDPR: Practical European Guidance on personal data breach notification requirements
The GDPR introduces a new mandatory requirement for all controllers to notify the appropriate data protection authority of a “personal data breach” …
Morrisons – the first successful class action in the UK for data breach
On 1 December 2017, the High Court handed down its judgment on the UK's first class action arising from a data breach (Various Claimants v Morrisons). …
Google DeepMind trial failed to comply with data protection law
On 3 July 2017 the Information Commissioner's Office ("ICO") determined that the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust (the "Trust") had breached the Data …
WannaCry: A chance to test systems and raise awareness at a global level?
In one of the most dramatic and widespread cyber attacks to date, on Friday 12 May 2017, a worldwide ransomware attack known as "WannaCrypt" or …
UK's cyber security breaches survey and Verizon's data breach report suggest progress – but more to do
April 2017 welcomed two insightful publications on the current cyber security landscape. The UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport's annual Cyber …
New Mirai based malware variants – BrickerBot and a Bitcoin miner
The Mirai malware gained its infamy in October 2016 following its record breaking attack on systems operated by domain name system provider Dyn, using …
One step closer to Australian data breach class actions
The Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2016 (Cth), which received assent on 22 February 2017, proposes a number of amendments to …
New mandatory data breach reporting law passed
The Federal Government has today passed the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2016 to amend the Privacy Act 1988 to include …
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