{"id":273353,"date":"2026-06-15T05:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/american-express-failed-to-prevent-unauthorized-data-access-australian-watchdog-finds-mlex\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T07:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:00:23","slug":"american-express-failed-to-prevent-unauthorized-data-access-australian-watchdog-finds-mlex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/american-express-failed-to-prevent-unauthorized-data-access-australian-watchdog-finds-mlex\/","title":{"rendered":"American Express failed to prevent unauthorized data access, Australian watchdog finds | MLex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlex.com\/mlex\/data-privacy-security\/articles\/2489489\/american-express-failed-to-prevent-unauthorized-data-access-australian-watchdog-finds\">American Express failed to prevent unauthorized data access, Australian watchdog finds | MLex<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlex.com\/mlex\/data-privacy-security\/articles\/2489489\/american-express-failed-to-prevent-unauthorized-data-access-australian-watchdog-finds\">https:\/\/www.mlex.com\/mlex\/data-privacy-security\/articles\/2489489\/american-express-failed-to-prevent-unauthorized-data-access-australian-watchdog-finds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-15 05:08:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.mlex.com\">www.mlex.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Saloni Sinha (  June 15, 2026, 09:08 GMT | Insight) &#8212; American Express Australia breached the country\u2019s privacy laws by failing to take reasonable steps to protect a customer&#8217;s personal information from unauthorized access by an employee, the privacy regulator has found. 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