New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PRIVACY AND PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT 1998 - SECT 59O

59O Information to be notified to certain individuals

A notification given under section 59N(1) must, if it is reasonably practicable for the information to be provided, include the following information in relation to each eligible data breach--

(a) the date the breach occurred,

(b) a description of the breach,

(c) how the breach occurred,

(d) the type of breach that occurred,

Examples of a type of eligible data breach--:

1 unauthorised disclosure

2 unauthorised access

3 loss of information

(e) the personal information that was the subject of the breach,

(f) the amount of time the personal information was disclosed for,

(g) actions that have been taken or are planned to ensure the personal information is secure, or to control or mitigate the harm done to the individual,

(h) recommendations about the steps the individual should take in response to the eligible data breach,

(i) information about--

(i) the making of privacy related complaints under Part 4, Division 3, and

(ii) internal reviews of certain conduct of public sector agencies under Part 5,

(j) the name of the public sector agency the subject of the breach,

(k) if more than 1 public sector agency was the subject of the breach--the name of each other agency,

(l) contact details for--

(i) the agency the subject of the breach, or

(ii) a person nominated by the agency for the individual to contact about the breach.