In this article, we will consider how your business should handle requests to access and correct personal information. ...
In this article, we will consider how your business should handle requests to access and correct personal information.
In today’s Privacy Awareness Week article we will be discussing how your business can hold personal information and use it for the purpose of direct marketing.
This week is Privacy Awareness Week. As an official partner of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s privacy awareness campaign, Cooper Grace Ward will be publishing a series of articles.
As a starting position, it is a company that is liable for breaching its contract, not its shareholders or directors.
Credit providers should review their processes and procedures to make sure credit information is managed in line with their obligations under the Privacy Act.
Does your business have processes in place to handle data breaches? Have you considered the consequences for your business if the personal information you hold is hacked, inadvertently disclosed or stolen?
Does your business send personal information about individuals overseas? Are you aware of your obligations when doing so?
Have you ever found yourself the recipient of personal information without asking for it?
Does your business have a compliant privacy policy? Are you aware of your obligations under the Privacy Act and the Australian Privacy Principles? Does your business have appropriate processes to manage the handling of personal information?
On 31 March 2015, the Australian Government released the final report of the Competition Policy Review.
In Devren Pty Ltd v Old Coach Developments Pty Ltd and Ors [2015] QSC 53, funds payable to a company were paid to other entities in accordance with the direction of Mr Clair, the purported managing director of the company.
In Allco Funds Management Limited v Trust Co (Re Services) Ltd [2014] NSWSC 1251, an inter-company loan transaction was challenged by a receiver appointed by the secured creditor to one of the companies.
Cooper Grace Ward acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Fast, accurate and flexible entities including companies, self-managed superannuation funds and trusts.