Recently the New South Wales Court of Appeal considered whether a director was liable under a guarantee in a credit application where his electronic signature had been affixed to the guarantee without his knowledge.
On 29 April 2016, the Federal Government released a Proposals Paper titled ‘Improving bankruptcy and insolvency laws’.
Not surprisingly, parties concentrate on the commercial aspects of the deal when negotiating a contract but often overlook the jurisdiction and choice of law clauses commonly found in the tail end of agreements.
In this article, we will discuss how your business can train staff on privacy related issues.
In this article, we will discuss the importance of implementing a social media policy for your business.
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?