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Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998
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#### 59N Public sector agencies must notify certain individuals
59N Public sector agencies must notify certain individuals
> > (1) As soon as practicable after the head of a public sector agency decides an eligible data breach occurred, the head of the agency must, to the extent that it is reasonably practicable, take the steps that are reasonable in the circumstances to notify—
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> > > (a) each individual to whom the personal information the subject of the breach relates, or
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> > > (b) each affected individual.
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> > (2) However, if the head of the agency is unable to notify, or if it is not reasonably practicable for the head of the agency to notify, any or all of the individuals specified in subsection (1), the head of the agency must—
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> > > (a) publish a notification under section 59P, and
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> > > (b) take reasonable steps to publicise the notification.
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> **s 59N:** Ins 2022 No 74, Sch 1\[11\].