Australian Clinical Labs hit with $5.8M penalty over data breach

Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-10-08 11:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

In the first-ever civil penalty proceedings for breaches of the Privacy Act, pathology services provider Australian Clinical Labs has been ordered to pay $5.8 million over a 2022 data breach that compromised the sensitive personal information of 223,000 customers of its Medlab business.