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2004-2005-2006-2007
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Privacy (Data Security Breach Notification) Amendment Bill 2007
No. , 2007
(Senator Stott Despoja)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Privacy Act 1988 to require organisations and agencies to notify affected individuals of a breach of data security where their personal information is accessed by, or disclosed to, an unauthorised person, and for related purposes
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2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Object of Act....................................................................................... 1
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Privacy Act 1988 2
A Bill for an Act to amend the Privacy Act 1988 to require organisations and agencies to notify affected individuals of a breach of data security where their personal information is accessed by, or disclosed to, an unauthorised person, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Privacy ( Data Security Breach Notification) Amendment Act 2007 .
This Act commences on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
The object of this Act is to require agencies and organisations to notify affected individuals of a breach of data security where their personal information is accessed by, or disclosed to, an unauthorised person.