Privacy Act 2020

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113 Assessment of likelihood of serious harm being caused by privacy breach

When an agency is assessing whether a privacy breach is likely to cause serious harm in order to decide whether the breach is a notifiable privacy breach, the agency must consider the following:

(a)

any action taken by the agency to reduce the risk of harm following the breach:

(b)

whether the personal information is sensitive in nature:

(c)

the nature of the harm that may be caused to affected individuals:

(d)

the person or body that has obtained or may obtain personal information as a result of the breach (if known):

(e)

whether the personal information is protected by a security measure:

(f)

any other relevant matters.