Following the Optus and Medibank data breaches in 2021-2022, the increase in litigation has triggered a range of new considerations and developments in the space.

In our latest Trend Watch video on data breaches, Cyber, Privacy + Technology partner Nicole Gabryk and Commercial Litigation special counsel Gavin Davies discuss the increasing activity of regulators, litigants ‘testing the bounds’, and the establishment of legal precedents going forward.

Watch the full discussion below.

Catch up on the rest of our Trend Watch series here:

– Privilege during investigations – data breach class actions

– Employment law class actions – what do employers need to know?

– What’s next for shareholder class actions?

– Current state of play – data breach class actions

– Reforms to Australia’s AML regime – what you need to know

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