Intellectual Property, Information Technology & Cybersecurity

Mandatory data breach reporting – what’s the impact?

Authors: Katherine Hayes, Partner & Greg Stirling, Senior Associate

Just over six months after the mandatory data breach notification legislation was introduced, the Office of the Information Commissioner has published its first full quarterly report on the notified data breaches, and it makes interesting reading.

The most breaches were reported by health service providers with 49 breaches, followed by finance entities (36) then legal, accounting and management entities (20) and education organisations (19). Business and professional associations reported 15 breaches.

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