Medibank data breach Federal Court class action – how does this change things (the short version)?

Helen Clarke, Frances Dreyer and Felicity Karageorge of Johnson Winter Slattery describe how the Medibank data breach class action – the first major class action for privacy breach related loss commenced directly in the Federal Court – has the potential to be a roadmap for litigation funders and plaintiff lawyers as to how class action style claims can be made following data breaches, likely leading to an increased appetite for fundings and class actions of this kind.

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