Compensation Assessment Scheme
This website contains information for the Compensation Assessment Scheme that has been set up to compensate victims of a data breach that occurred on the website of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (now named the Department of Home Affairs) (the Data Breach), pursuant to HYYL and Privacy Commissioner [2023] AATA 2961.
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia (NRFA) has been appointed as the administrator of the Compensation Assessment Scheme.
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.
What do I need to do?
Were you a victim of the data breach?
Please review the Notice to determine whether you are eligible to participate in the Compensation Assessment Scheme.
If you believe that you are eligible, please provide your response to the Notice by following the link below.
Language Assistance
If you require the assistance of an interpreter, please contact us via email at auscas@nortonrosefulbright.com or phone at +61 2 9330 8006.
The Notice is available in the following languages: