This session was recorded on 25 March 2025 as part of the Privacy and data management essentials: Mandatory rule 6.1 – live webinar.

Data breach prevention, assessment and reporting – Cate Cloudsdale, Counsel, Quay Law Partners

This session will focus on the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and will include: 

• Assessing a suspected eligible data breach, including whether there is a likelihood of ‘serious harm’.
• Notification requirements and timelines for action.
• The regulator’s powers to obtain information and to direct an entity to notify.
• How to prevent data breaches through data limitation, retention practices, and security measures.

The session will also touch on the Government’s privacy reforms and how these may impact data breach notification requirements and security practices in the near future.