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Privacy Act Review report

By Ka-Chi Cheung, Anna Gamvros, Jim Lennon (AU) and Ross Phillipson on February 23, 2023 Posted in Privacy law

The Attorney General’s Department released its Privacy Act Review report on 16 February 2023, that includes the broad suite of reforms you would expect to bring Australia’s privacy laws in to line with both international standards and the reality of our data-based economy. These include enhanced data subject rights and increased accountability requirements for organisations collecting and … Continue reading

What you should do now in light of the Privacy Reform bill

By Ross Phillipson and Anna Gamvros on October 26, 2022 Posted in Cybersecurity, Privacy law

Major privacy law reform in Australia gathered pace this week, with newly tabled legislation proposing to significantly increase penalties for privacy breaches, among other reforms. Now is the time to start asking questions In preparation for these reforms, companies that collect and process personal information should be asking the following questions: Do we know what … Continue reading

Are you critical? Amendments to the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act (2018) dramatically expand its scope and impact across Australian industry

By Ross Phillipson, Ming Kalanon and Anna Gamvros on December 6, 2021 Posted in General

Introduction Significant changes to the law with respect to security of critical infrastructure in Australia, including enhanced cybersecurity incident reporting requirements and the inclusion of further asset classes have been passed. On 22 November 2021, the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2021 (Bill) passed both houses of the federal parliament of Australia and will … Continue reading

Flurry of activity in the Privacy Act review, including tougher penalties and new online privacy framework

By Nick Abrahams (AU), Scott Atkins (AU), Ka-Chi Cheung, Anna Gamvros, Peter Mulligan (AU), Benjamin Kende, Jim Lennon (AU) and Ross Phillipson on November 25, 2021 Posted in Cybersecurity

This article was co-authored with India Bennett. After months of anticipation regarding the ongoing review of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), the Federal Government has galvanized the Australian privacy landscape with two significant developments. Firstly, the Government has released a discussion paper about the reform of the Privacy Act. The discussion paper considers stakeholder feedback on the issues paper released in October 2020 … Continue reading