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IVF provider Genea faces class action investigation over data breach
Class Actions 2025-08-11 11:34 pm By Christine Caulfield

Fertility services provider Genea is facing a class action investigation over a data breach that led to sensitive patient information being published on the dark web.

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Optus faces privacy regulator’s case over data breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-08-08 2:21 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The privacy regulator has brought a case against Optus over a 2022 data breach that affected up to 10 million people, as the telco faces a class action and related proceedings by the media regulator.

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Louis Vuitton data breach hits Australian customers
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-07-23 11:04 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Luxury retailer Louis Vuitton has disclosed a recent data breach has affected Australian customers, exposing personal information such as name, birth date, consumer preferences and contact details.

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ASIC takes another company to court over cyber risk management
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-07-22 11:28 pm By Andy Sidler

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is taking a third swing at cyber enforcement proceedings, suing financial planner Fortnum Private Wealth after a breach saw the data of 9,000 clients published to the dark web. 

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Law firm files representative complaint with OAIC over Qantas data breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-07-17 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A law firm has filed a representative complaint with the OAIC on behalf of six million Qantas customers affected by the company’s recent data breach.

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Frequent flyer numbers, meal preferences: Qantas shares more details on data breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-07-09 11:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Qantas has provided on an update a recent data breach affecting six million customers, saying the hacker accessed personal information such as frequent flyer numbers and meal preferences.

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Public court lists not ‘free for all’, tribunal says in privacy loss for publisher
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-07-07 11:54 pm By Andy Sidler

A tribunal has found a company that scrapes court databases broke privacy laws by failing to remove a litigant’s name after charges against her were dropped, saying the public nature of court lists doesn’t make republication a “free for all”.

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Qantas could face class action over recent data breach, says expert
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-07-04 2:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Customers affected by a cyberattack on a Qantas call centre that held the records of six million people may be able to bring a class action against the airline, an expert has said.

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Qantas targeted in cyberattack affecting 6M customers
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-07-02 1:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A cyber criminal has targeted a Qantas call centre that holds the records of six million customers, in an attack exposing a “significant” amount of data.

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Lawyers brace for ‘fundamental’ shift with new privacy tort
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-06-12 11:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A new statutory tort targeting serious invasions of privacy came into effect on Tuesday, raising new risks for companies, including publishers.

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