Abstract
In February 2014, the then Department of Immigration and Border Protection (the Department) published the personal information of 9,258 people who were in immigration detention (Immigration Data Breach). One of those people made a representative complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) and, for the first time in history, the Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner (the Commissioner) ordered that compensation be paid for a mass privacy breach. This article outlines the importance of the decision for those affected and its place within the present privacy law landscape.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 10-15 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Precedent |
| Volume | 166 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |