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Australian bank breached privacy safeguards under data-portability rules, regulator says

( May 28, 2025, 04:54 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Regional Australia Bank is responsible for breaching Consumer Data Right privacy safeguards due to the actions of its third-party service provider, the country’s privacy regulator has found. In a blog published by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind said that liability for the actions of a third-party provider is a “key issue” in the first Consumer Data Right determination issued by the regulator today. The statement added that the incident involved the Consumer Data Right data of up to 197 consumers being “co-mingled,” which created a risk that RAB would provide inaccurate information to other participants in the ecosystem about an affected consumer.The full blog published by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner follows:...

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