I feel like privacy is dead: IVF data breach triggers interest in class action lawsuit

20/09/2025 7 min
I feel like privacy is dead: IVF data breach triggers interest in class action lawsuit

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Episode Synopsis

After years of trying to conceive, Isabel Lewis thought the hard part was over — until cybercriminals targeted her fertility clinic. The data breach at Genea Fertility included patient's medical histories, diagnoses and treatments, medications and prescriptions, as well as pathology and diagnostic test results. Now, hundreds of Australians have shown interest in a class action lawsuit over the breach, which could be the first test of new reforms to Australia's Privacy Act.

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