Australia Sues Clinical Labs Over Data Breach

The Australian Information Commissioner filed a lawsuit against Australian Clinical Labs Limited on November 2, 2023 in relation to a February 2022 data breach. The suit seeks a civil penalty of A$2.2 million for failing to protect patient data from unauthorised access and not notifying the Commissioner about the breach in a timely manner. The case marks the second time in nearly a decade that Australia’s data privacy regulator has pursued such legal action.