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Driverless cars, drones and DNA: How to build trust in the data age
‘Trust and transparency’ is the theme of this year’s Privacy Awareness Week (15-19 May 2017). This is an annual event held since 2006 to raise awareness …
Proposed reform of data management practices all in the name of productivity
The Productivity Commission’s recommended new legislative data management frameworkThe Federal Government has released the Australian Productivity …
One step closer to Australian data breach class actions
The Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2016 (Cth), which received assent on 22 February 2017, proposes a number of amendments to the …
New Standard for telemarketing and research calls
On 29 March 2017, the Telecommunications (Telemarketing and Research Calls) Industry Standard 2017 (Standard) was introduced to replace the former 2007 …
New mandatory data breach reporting law passed
The Federal Government has today passed the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2016 to amend the Privacy Act 1988 to include mandatory …
Big data, bigger opportunities? Victorian Commissioner appointed to head UN ‘big data’ privacy review
Victoria’s current Commissioner for Privacy and Data Protection has been appointed by the United Nations to head a global study into big data, under the …
ASX Consultation Paper new admission requirements for listed entities
We have reviewed ASX's consultation paper and summarised the proposed changes to its requirements for admission to the ASX official list.In brief ASX …
Australia's website blocking laws are put to the test
Partner Rebekah Gay explains how Australia's website blocking laws are being used for the first time in a case Village Roadshow has launched against a …
Cyber Security: Top Ten Tips for Businesses
Andrew Moir, Nick Pantlin, Miriam Everett and Nic Ruesink-Brown of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP look at the growing risk of cyber threats and set out ten …
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