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Brendan Walker-Munro, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland

Optus data breach: regulatory changes announced, but legislative reform still needed

Mark Baker/AP

In response to Australia’s biggest ever data breach, the federal government will temporarily suspend regulations that stop telcos sharing customer information with third parties.

It’s a necessary step to deal with the threat of identify theft faced by 10 million current and former Optus customers. It will allow Optus to work with banks and government agencies to detect and prevent the fraudulent use of their data.

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