The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has confirmed a news report that it received a notice of a health data breach every other day after its mandatory data breach scheme took effect.
The Privacy Commissioner on Thursday opened an investigation of Facebook on the heels of confirmation by the social media giant that the data of over 300,000 Australian users may have been improperly harvested.
The head of Australia’s consumer regulator says the agency will look at whether Facebook is misleading users about how it collects and uses their data, in light of revelations that millions of Facebook users unknowingly had their data harvested by political research firm Cambridge Analytica.
Under new rules set to take effect Thursday, organisations will face stiff penalties for failing to promptly notify the Australian Information Commissioner and affected individuals when a data breach occurs.