Data breach of Consumer Data Right information

All data breaches of Consumer Data Right Information fall under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme, which requires that you notify affected CDR consumers and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner of eligible data breaches. A breach is eligible if it is likely to result in serious harm to a CDR consumer whose CDR data is involved.

Where a cyber incident lead to a breach of Consumer Data Right information, you must also report to the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre as soon as practicable once aware of the security incident.

Consumer Data Right information security incident

All data breaches of Consumer Data Right Information fall under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme, which requires that you notify affected CDR consumers and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner of eligible data breaches. A breach is eligible if it is likely to result in serious harm to a CDR consumer whose CDR data is involved.

Where a cyber incident lead to a breach of Consumer Data Right information, you must also report to the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre as soon as practicable once aware of the security incident.

Data breach of personal information

Under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme, you must notify affected individuals and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner of eligible data breaches. A breach is eligible if it is likely to result in serious harm to an individual whose personal information is involved.

You must conduct a reasonable and expeditious assessment of a suspected eligible data breach, taking all reasonable steps to ensure that the assessment is completed within 30 days.

Cyber incidents affecting telecommunications carriers & eligible carriage service providers

You must report a cyber security incident to the Department of Home Affairs.

The report must either be made electronically through the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre or verbally. If the initial report was verbal, a written record must be provided within 84 hours for a ‘significant impact’ or within 48 hours of the verbal report being given for a ‘relevant impact’.

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