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Nov 2017

The perfect storm. Is your Australian tax compliance client data secure

The perfect storm. Is your Australian tax compliance client data secure?

By: Odyssey Legislation
Tags: cyber risks, Data breach, Data security

Rewinding back to earlier this year, Australia will have a mandatory data breach notification scheme in place within the year after several aborted attempts, following the passage of legislation through the senate. There has certainly been a raft of overseas data breaches, and some of them like the Equifax breach has put Australians’ sensitive financial information at risk. What is …

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May 2017

Australia’s new data breach notification laws. Are your suppliers ready?

By: Odyssey Legislation
Tags: cloud, Data breach, Data security, Disclosure, due diligence

With an increase in data now on the cloud, and a number of third party services providers assisting Australian accountants, it’s a good time to look at the ever changing laws on data breaches. More recently, there was the “Can you hear me” scam reaching Australia. The scammer only needs to record you saying “yes” over the phone. The intention …