Are your medical records in safe hands? Theft
of paperwork and storage devices in the Health sector is on the
rise.
The Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme (the Scheme), requires
Australian Government agencies and various organisations to provide
notification of certain data breaches to the Australian Information
Commissioner. In April 2018 we reported on the first Notifiable
Data Breaches Quarterly report. On 31 July 2018, the Office of the
Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) issued its Quarterly
Report for the period 1 April to 30 June 2018 (the June
Quarter). This paper highlights key statistics of the most
recent report with a particular focus on the health sector.
In its most recent report, the OAIC confirmed that the June
Quarter involved 242 reported data beaches. At first glance, this
appears to be a significant increase from the 63 breaches for the
period January to 20 March 2018 (the Previous Quarter), however the
Previous Quarter was not a full one,
