Source methodology

Implemented official source

Curated OAIC data-breach regulatory actions

One manually reviewed legal-status event supported by a fixed official OAIC page

Versioned curated manifest; not a complete index of every OAIC action.

Regulator
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
Jurisdiction
Australia
Reporting scheme
Privacy Act regulatory action
Publication level
Regulatory Action
Coverage type
Regulatory Actions Only
Reporting threshold
Selective official regulatory publications relevant to public data-breach activity.
Source population
Reviewed preliminary inquiries, investigations, enforceable undertakings, determinations and court actions.
Licence state
OAIC website material is generally Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia unless an exclusion applies; each source must retain attribution and source wording.
Rights boundary reviewed
23 July 2026
Redistribution decision
Approved With Conditions
Automated health
Healthy
Snapshot completeness
Selective
Update checkpoint
Complete
Reviewed record floor
7
Accepted records
7
Rejected records
0
Bounded retrieval limit
100
Source revision
manifest:2026-07-23:ba5dcfab3e80
Snapshot checksum
ba5dcfab3e80c1929550cec16df77ac44ae02086198b303777ab62de8bbac4ba
Latest update attempt
24 July 2026
Last successful update
24 July 2026

Limitations

  • The timeline is selective rather than exhaustive.
  • Proceedings and allegations are not findings.
  • An enforceable undertaking is not automatically a finding of breach.

Correction process

Review the official OAIC page and update the curated manifest only after legal-status review.

Attribution

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner