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Asia-Pacific Dashboard Digest | Justice minister debuts Privacy Amendment Bill in Australian House of Representatives Related reading: A view from Brussels: EDPS sends signal on data transfers 

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Australian Minister for Justice Michael Keenan has introduced the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016 in response to the Parliament's inquiry into data retention, Computerworld reports. The bill mandates that organizations under the Privacy Act must report breaches akin to those outlined in the act to both the Australian Information Commissioner and those affected, the report states. "If an individual is at likely risk of serious harm because of a data breach involving their personal information, receiving notification of the breach can allow that person to take action to protect themselves from that harm,” Keenan said. “Experiencing an eligible data breach under the bill will not necessarily mean that the entity concerned has breached the existing Privacy Act information security requirements."
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