The Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2017 (Cth) was enacted by Federal Parliament last year to establish a mandatory data breach notification scheme in Australia. The scheme will commence on 22 February 2018.
In an increasingly competitive business environment, many businesses face the threat of competitors or ex-employees seeking to make use of confidential information.
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.
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?