Source methodology

Implemented official source

NSW IPC Public Notifications Register

One public notification register entry published by a NSW public sector agency

Links are published for at least 12 months; the page also lists expired entries without their former links.

Regulator
Information and Privacy Commission NSW
Jurisdiction
New South Wales
Reporting scheme
Mandatory Notification of Data Breach Scheme
Publication level
Regulator Register Entry
Coverage type
Rolling Public Window
Reporting threshold
Public notification is used where direct notification is not reasonably practicable; exemptions and direct notifications affect publication.
Source population
NSW public sector agency public notifications under Part 6A of the PPIP Act.
Licence state
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, subject to the IPC copyright notice
Rights boundary reviewed
23 July 2026
Redistribution decision
Approved With Conditions
Automated health
Healthy
Snapshot completeness
Rolling Window
Update checkpoint
Complete
Reviewed record floor
1
Accepted records
16
Rejected records
0
Bounded retrieval limit
500
Source revision
645554dc70129bac
Snapshot checksum
645554dc70129bac9e4ffd3794deb543a24cf1d49a86133f104996e92123e332
Latest update attempt
7 Sept 2026
Last successful update
7 Sept 2026

Limitations

  • The register is not a complete list of NSW public-sector data breaches.
  • Absence is not evidence that an agency had no eligible breach.
  • Expired records reflect source windowing, not remediation.

Correction process

Verify the current IPC register and linked agency notification; do not reproduce the notification prose.

Attribution

Information and Privacy Commission NSW