Gym Data Breaches: Fix Your Privacy Playbook Now Gyms and fitness studios are now custodians of sensitive health data. With OAIC guidance tightening and member expectations rising, one sloppy shared folder can trigger a Notifiable Data Breach, regulatory scrutiny and lost trust. Here’s how to turn a risky reality into a resilient operating system. 1)
OAIC 2025: The Gym Privacy Playbook Gyms and fitness studios now sit squarely in health privacy territory. The OAIC’s updated Guide to Health Privacy (May 2025) confirms that if you collect member health information—think PAR-Qs, injury notes, or medical clearances—you must comply with the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles (and, in NSW,
From Sweat to Secure: A Gym’s 7‑Day Privacy Overhaul Updated OAIC guidance (May 2025) and increasing scrutiny of apps and wearables have shifted privacy from “nice to have” to “must do.” Here’s how one suburban gym tightened collection, use and security of members’ health information—fast—while staying on the right side of the Privacy Act 1988