March 15, 2018
The national data breach notification laws are marching towards the first month of operation. It is not surprising that there have been no reported notifications under the law. It is necessary to Read the rest of this entry »
March 3, 2018
It Governance compiles monthly and annual records of recorded data breaches. For February 2018 it calculated that there were 2,234,633 data breaches. A significant number but Read the rest of this entry »
March 2, 2018
Arising from the Royal Commission into Domestic Violence the Victorian Government enacted the Family Violence Protection Amendment (Information Sharing) Act 2017. Through it the words “imminent” has been removed from Information Privacy Principles and Health Privacy Principles of the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 and the Health Records Act 2001. The amendment will lower the threshold for the disclosure of information where there is a serious threat of harm. The change impacts particular agencies within the Victorian Government service. The focus will now Read the rest of this entry »