Genea faces first complaint from Australian law firm over data breach
By Saloni Sinha ( November 3, 2025, 04:46 GMT | Insight) -- Fertility services-provider Genea is being targeted in a representative complaint filed with Australia’s privacy regulator by a class-action law firm over a February 2025 data breach. In a statement on Monday, law firm Phi Finney McDonald said it had been instructed to lodge the representative complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner after being contacted by hundreds of people who were distressed that their personal information had been accessed by unauthorised third parties.Fertility services-provider Genea is being targeted in a representative complaint filed with Australia’s privacy regulator by a class-action law firm over a February 2025 data breach....
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