By Saloni Sinha ( November 3, 2023, 06:46 GMT | Insight) -- Australian Clinical Labs seriously interfered with the privacy of millions of Australians from May 2021 to September 2022 by failing to take reasonable steps to protect their personal information from unauthorized access or disclosure, Australia’s privacy enforcer has alleged in a lawsuit announced today. In a statement, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner alleged that ACL, a pathology company, failed to take necessary steps to protect its clients’ data in a February 2022 data breach, resulting in the unauthorized access to personal information affecting more than 100,000 individuals.Australian Clinical Labs seriously interfered with the privacy of millions of Australians from May 2021 to September 2022 by failing to take reasonable steps to protect their personal information from unauthorized access or disclosure, Australia’s privacy enforcer has alleged in a lawsuit announced today....
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