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A class action against Optus could easily be Australia's biggest: Here's what is involved

With the Optus data breach exposing almost 10 million current and former customers to identity theft, law firms are circling for what could end up being the biggest — and most valuable — class action case in Australian legal history. Class actions account for less than 1 per cent of claims lodged with the Federal Court, but their scale and complexity means they take a disproportionate amount of court time, as well as media attention. A second basis for a class action in the Federal Court could be to argue a breach of the Telecommunications Act. The closest precedent in Australia to a successful class action for a mass breach of privacy is a 2019 case in the NSW Supreme court.

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