At the time, Mr Newhouse said a class action lawsuit was preferable to a representative complaint to the OAIC because the privacy watchdog could be slow at making a finding.
“We could have gone separately to court, but after consulting with Maurice Blackburn we felt it was in the best interests of all the people affected by the breach to work together on the complaint,” Mr Newhouse said. “We believe the data breach is a betrayal of Medibank Private’s customers and a breach of the Privacy Act. Medibank has a duty to keep this kind of information confidential” he said.
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