Norton Rose Fulbright Australia (NRFA) has been appointed as the administrator of the Compensation Assessment Scheme and has requested the Centre assist in their efforts to get those impacted by the Data Breach to understand what occurred and to register with the scheme if they consider they may be  entitled to compensation for loss and damages incurred as a result of the Data Breach.

The Data Breach occurred when a spreadsheet was published on the website of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection that contained the personal information of approximately 9,000 persons. Those persons were in immigration or other places of detention. The spreadsheet should not have been published on the website.

The personal information was removed from the Department’s website on 19 February 2014 and from a historical version of the Department’s website on 27 February 2014.

If you believe you were one of those impacted by the Data Breach or know of others who may have been impacted please click on the following link for more information.

https://www.immigrationdatabreach.com.au/

The relevant notice is available in a range of languages on the website.