Source: Privacy Commissioner
This year make your new years resolution to be across your privacy obligations. There has been a notable increase in data breaches reported to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, prompting a reminder to agencies and businesses that they must protect the data of the public they hold. Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster is encouraging agencies to understand that breaches can happen to anyone; there is no room for complacency. And when breaches happen it is important that those in charge of an organisation take a people centric approach. That means putting the welfare of the people whose data may be exposed the public and their own staff – first if they suspect their organisation has been targeted by a hack or has inadvertently been breached.
