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Members’ updatesJanuary 10, 2023News from the Australian PrivacyRules member: Spam and communications law compliance
PrivacyRules Australian law firm member Macpherson Kelley publishes an interesting insight on spam and compliance obligations. There you can read that while many businesses have clued in that privacy and data are big-ticket issues, both in Australia and overseas, what they might miss are their communication compliance obligations. Communications compliance (anti-spam) is actually a part...
Members’ updatesMay 30, 2022PrivacyRules Australian member Macpherson Kelley on cybersecurity: is your business managing its risk?
Kelly Dickson and Lachlan Gibbs from the PrivacyRules Australian law firm member Macpherson Kelley just published an interesting guide on the topic of the importance of cybersecurity for companies to manage risks. You can read in the guide that during the 2020–21 financial year, the Australian Cyber Security Centre received over 67,500 cybercrime reports, with incidents...
Members’ updatesNewsMay 4, 2022Australia’s online privacy bill: impact on australian and overseas businesses
Privacy legislation is once again the topic of public discourse in Australia as the Federal Government has undertaken a broad review of its Privacy legislation. The Government has proposed major reforms that could substantially alter the regulatory landscape – especially within the online privacy space. Learn more in this article by Kelly Dickson, from the...
In a ‘Joint Declaration on Privacy and the Protection of Personal Data: Strengthening Trust in the Digital Environment’ adopted under the French presidency of the EU, 9 countries and the European Union acknowledged the need to protect the free data flow with trust. The nine countries are Australia, Comoros, India, Japan, Mauritius, New Zealand, South...
ResourcesFebruary 22, 2022OAIC: accountability to prevent breaches
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is urging organisations to put accountability at the centre of their information handling practices, to give individuals greater confidence that their personal information will be handled fairly and securely when they engage with an organisation. Continue reading the related release from the OAIC here.
According to the Daily Mail, a serious data breach against databases in control of the New South Wales government exposed more than 500,000 QR code check-in addresses across Australia. The leak of information, related to the system designed to help the public through the pandemic, could reveal the locations of domestic violence shelters, Defence sites,...
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