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What is a personal data breach?
A personal data breach is defined in section 111(1) of the Law as any incident that meets the following criteria:
Why do breaches need to be reported?
One of the key changes to the local data protection law that came into force in May 2018 is that organisations are legally required to notify the ODPA of any personal data breach within 72 hours of becoming aware of it (see
section 42 (2) of the Law). You can report a breach to us here.
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