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Form: Data Breach Notification to the Privacy Commissioner

Information and Privacy Commission Data Breach Notification form to the NSW Privacy Commissioner

IPC Data Breach Policy and Public Notification Register

IPC Data Breach Policy

Guidelines on the assessment of data breaches under Part 6A of the PPIP Act

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Guidelines on the exemption for compromised cyber security under section 59X

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Guidelines on the exemption for risk of serious harm to health or safety under section 59W

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The IPC supports International Day of Democracy 15 September 2023

13 September 2023

The Information and Privacy Commission NSW (IPC) supports International Day of Democracy on 15 September 2023.

Information Commissioner statement relating to the release of documents by NSW Police

12 September 2023

The Information Commissioner is aware of recent media relating to the release of redacted documents by NSW Police in response to an application to obtain information under the GIPA Act...

2021/22 GIPA Act Report tabled in Parliament

22 May 2023

The Report provides a comprehensive assessment of the operation of the right to information legislation in New South Wales for 2021/22…

Highest number of applications for government information in over a decade revealed in NSW Information Commissioner report

23 May 2023

The NSW Information Commissioner, Information and Privacy Commission (IPC) CEO and NSW Open Data Advocate, Elizabeth Tydd, today released the 2021/22 Report on the Operation of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (GIPA Act).

Fact Sheet - Mandatory Notification of Data Breach Scheme: Exemptions from notification requirements

The MNDB Scheme requires that NSW public sector agencies (‘agencies’) notify affected individuals and the Privacy Commissioner when there has been an ‘eligible data breach’.