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    The Australian Law Reform Commission yesterday released a report recommending Australia introduce data breach disclosure laws but Senator John Faulkner said that bridge would not be crossed by government at least for the next 18 months.

  • RSA, Symantec call for unified US data breach laws

    Security vendors RSA and Symantec have called for a single US Federal data breach notification law, just as the Australian government looks to update privacy laws including data breach laws.

  • Data breach laws need more debate: Lawyer

    Businesses need to get involved in the debate over whether organisations should be forced to reveal data breaches that have put personal information at risk, according to a top UK lawyer.

  • Will Australia's privacy overhaul be dumped?

    Privacy advocates fear that the long-awaited overhaul to Australia's 20 year old Privacy Act will die before it ever sees the light of day.

  • Australia 'must overhaul data disclosure mess'

    The Australian Law Reform Commission has given the thumbs up to the introduction of data breach disclosure laws in Australia, which would put it in line with current US and European legislation.

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