Attorney General Mark Speakman said the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Amendment Bill 2022, introduced by the NSW Government into Parliament, would create new standards of accountability and transparency for government bodies and introduce a mandatory notification of data breach scheme in NSW.
Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government Victor Dominello MP said the NSW Government has taken a number of steps to protect customer privacy and personal information.
“The NSW Government has made significant investments to protect citizens’ data, including funding $315 million to bolster our cyber systems and by launching ID Support NSW to help those impacted by identify theft.
The Scheme would apply to all NSW ‘public sector agencies’ as defined in the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998, including all NSW agencies and departments, statutory authorities, local councils, bodies whose accounts are subject to the Auditor General and some universities.
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