The claim lodged by Maurice Blackburn is seeking compensation on behalf of millions of Optus customers for alleged privacy law breaches.| By Nick Bonyhady optushack nickbonyhady
Optus is facing a class-action style claim over the data breach in which personal information on almost 10 million Australians was stolen, with national law firm Maurice Blackburn lodging a representative complaint with the privacy watchdog.
Maurice Blackburn said in a written statement that the claim would be a test of privacy laws. "The representative complaint alleges Optus failed to protect the personal information of its customers and ensure the destruction of information that it no longer needed," its statement reads.
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