Privacy incidents and breaches

Privacy incident register

Identifying, categorising and reporting privacy incidents (near misses) and breaches allows an agency to identify trends in privacy incidents and enhance its processes and systems.

Privacy incident response plan

The best way to manage a privacy incident or breach is to have a tested privacy incident response plan.

• Incident response roles and responsibilities

Learning from privacy incidents

Developing a structured approach allows an agency to conduct its analysis of its privacy incident response in an objective and focused manner.

Privacy incident impact calculator

An agency can gain insights into its privacy practices and culture by assessing the actual and potential impact of its privacy incidents which can include privacy breaches and near misses.