This Has Implications For All Who Hold Sensitive Personal Information. GPs And Specialists Take Note.

This appeared last week:Privacy Commissioner publishes data breach notification guidelines for commentThe Office of the Australian Information and Privacy Commissioner has published draft resources for the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme, asking for public comment.By Asha McLean | September 29, 2017 -- 04:18 GMT (14:18 AEST) | Topic: Security The Office of the Australian Information and Privacy Commissioner (OAIC) is seeking public comment on draft resources it has published relating to Australia's impending data breach notification laws.The draft resources include guidelines on how to prepare an eligible data breach statement for when the scheme takes effect on February 22, 2017 (Actually 2018), how to assess a suspected breach, what quantifies reporting, how to notify the OAIC of an incident, and exceptions under the legislated obligations.The new laws mandated under the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act require organisations covered by the Australian Privacy Act 1988... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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