In the 2012-13 financial year, the Compliance Branch of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) received 1496 privacy complaints, and increase of 10% over the 1357 received in 2011-12. In addition, the OAIC dealt with 13 own motion investigations and 61 voluntary data breach notifications. Here is one case (misuse of a mobile phone number by a bank to direct market a bank related insurance product) that may be of interest…
The case was based on an alleged breach by the bank where it used or disclosed personal information about an individual for a purpose other than the primary purpose of collection.