‘SD’ and ‘SE’ and Northside Clinic (Vic) Pty Ltd [2020] AICmr 21 (available on AUSTLII) saw a complaint by two persons relating to the respondent’s disclosure of their personal information (identity information and HIV status) to an unknown recipient, at an incorrect Gmail email address, on two occasions. The incorrect email address belonged to an unknown third party.
The complaints were upheld and compensation amounts were assessed for non-economic loss and, for one complainant, economic loss.