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Organisations Should Adopt These Rules to Protect Customer Information

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Organisations Should Adopt These Rules to Protect Customer Information
An Optus service message is displayed on a phone outside an Optus store in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 5, 2022. Brendon Thorne/Getty Images
Gabriël Moens
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Numerous data breaches, which adversely affected the public image of Optus and Medibank, continue to be widely reported in the Australian media and ruefully acknowledged by the chief executive officers of these organisations. These breaches have escalated the significance of privacy and cyber security in political arenas.

Gabriël Moens
Gabriël Moens
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Gabriël A. Moens AM is an emeritus professor of law at the University of Queensland, and served as pro vice-chancellor and dean at Murdoch University. In 2003, Moens was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal by the prime minister for services to education. He has taught extensively across Australia, Asia, Europe, and the United States.
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