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ARTICLE · 11 SEPTEMBER 2008

"Guide To Handling Personal Information Security Breaches" Is Now Available

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On 25 August 2008, the Australian Privacy Commissioner released a data breach guide for use by businesses, agencies and non-government organisations in preventing and, if necessary, responding to a data breach.

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On 25 August 2008, the Australian Privacy Commissioner released a data breach guide for use by businesses, agencies and non-government organisations in preventing and, if necessary, responding to a data breach.

The guide is available at http://www.privacy.gov.au/publications/breach_guide.pdf

Compliance: Compliance with this voluntary guide is recommended but is not mandatory. In her media release, Karen Curtis (the Privacy Commissioner) said that "While the guide is voluntary, it represents good practice in handling breaches, and I would urge all organisations and agencies to read it and consider its use".

Personal information security breach: A personal information security breach occurs when personal information is subject to loss or unauthorized access, use, disclosure, copying or modification. The guide states that the use of the term "personal information security breach" is consistent

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