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Data Breach Notification

What is Data Breach Notification?

The legal obligation to inform affected individuals and regulatory authorities when personal data is compromised in a security incident within specified timeframes.

Privacy and Data Protection

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as data breach notification. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on data breach notification

Requirements naming data breach notification across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

India DPDP Act2 controls

Sections 16-17 of DPDP Act 2023 address cross-border transfer + breach notification. Section 16 Processing of Personal Data Outside India: Central Government may by notification restrict the transfer of personal data by a Data Fiduciary for processing to such...

DPDP-CrossBorder-Transfer-Breach-Notification-Sec16-Sec17-DPBI-72Hour-IT-Act-Coord · DPDP Act Sections 16-17 + Cross-Border Personal Data Transfer + Negative List Approach + Personal Data Breach Notification to DPBI 72 Hours + Cooperation with Adjudication + Coord with CERT-In + IT Act 43A Repeal

AAIP Resolution 47/2018 recommends notification of personal data breaches to AAIP and affected data subjects when the breach poses risks to rights. Modernization Bill would make notification mandatory with defined timelines.

AR-25326-AAIP-BREACH · Personal Data Breach Notification

Notify the System Operator and the OAIC (and affected individuals where required) of unauthorised access to, or loss of, information in the My Health Record system, as soon as practicable.

MYHR-ENF-1 · Mandatory data breach notification
Bahrain PDPL1 control

Data breach notification requirements. Control from Bahrain PDPL framework, domain: Bahrain PDPL: Data Security.

BH-PDPL-16 · Data breach notification requirements

s.16: where a personal data breach occurs, the data controller must, without undue delay and in any event within 5 days of becoming aware, notify the Ombudsman and any affected data subject.

CAYDPA-s16 · Personal Data Breach Notification (s.16)

Article 4(1) requires the provider of a publicly available electronic communications service to take appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard the security of its services, in conjunction with the network provider where necessary, with the...

ePD-Art.4 · Security of services and personal-data-breach notification (Article 4)

Questions people ask about data breach notification

What is Data Breach Notification?
The legal obligation to inform affected individuals and regulatory authorities when personal data is compromised in a security incident within specified timeframes.
Why is Data Breach Notification important for compliance?
Data Breach Notification is a key concept in Privacy and Data Protection. Understanding data breach notification helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Data Breach Notification?
Data Breach Notification appears in the requirement text of India DPDP Act, Argentina Law 25.326 (Personal Data Protection Law), Australia My Health Records Act 2012, Bahrain PDPL, Cayman Islands Data Protection Act 2017 (DPA). Across these standards we have identified 7 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Data Breach Notification?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how data breach notification applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.