Landmark civil penalty of AU$5.8 million issued under Australia’s Privacy Act

Charmian Aw, Melissa B. Levine, and Ciara O’Leary of Hogan Lovells write: On 9 October 2025 the Federal Court of Australia (the Court) imposed an AU$5.8 million civil penalty on Australian Clinical Labs Limited, one of Australia’s largest private hospital pathology service providers (the Company), for systemic failures that led to the unauthorised access to…[Source](https://databreaches.net/2025/10/31/landmark-civil-penalty-of-au5-8-million-issued-under-australias-privacy-act/?pk_campaign=feed&pk_kwd=landmark-civil-penalty-of-au5-8-million-issued-under-australias-privacy-act)![](https://analytics.hitsaru.com/piwik.php?idsite=11&rec=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fdatabreaches.net%2F2025%2F10%2F31%2Flandmark-civil-penalty-of-au5-8-million-issued-under-australias-privacy-act%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dlandmark-civil-penalty-of-au5-8-million-issued-under-australias-privacy-act&action_name=Landmark+civil+penalty+of+AU%245.8+million+issued+under+Australia%E2%80%99s+Privacy+Act&urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fdatabreaches.net%2Ffeed%2F)

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