May 1, 2016
One of the biggest challenges in privacy and data protection is having staff who use the data being properly trained and applying that training properly. Having Read the rest of this entry »
April 21, 2016
The Information Commissioner has fined Kent Police £80,000 for providing the data contained in a woman’s mobile phone to her ex partner’s solicitor. The solicitor disclosed that information to his client, the woman’s ex partner. That person happened to be a member of the Kent Police.
On the technical side the case highlights Read the rest of this entry »
The much reported launch of the Australian cyber security strategy by the Australian Prime Minister has data security at its core. It was attended on a very exciting story of a cyber attack on the Bureau of Metereology last year which infected that agencies computers. The reportage focused on Australia’s ability to counter attack aggressors but that is only one element of the strategy, and a minor one at that. The key is protection of personal information, intellectual property, governmental information, national security related data and data that is key to the operation of a modern economy.
The problem from a practical point of view is that the focus on cyber security is an incomplete response if organisations and entities do not meet minimum cyber security standards. The Privacy Act 1988 and the regulator should Read the rest of this entry »
Australia is yet to have mandatory data breach notification legislation. The Attorney General’s Department has published the submissions it Read the rest of this entry »
April 20, 2016
The OAIC has announced its program for the Privacy Awareness Week, 15 – 21 May 2016. Privacy Weeks are part of the activities of most data regulators/privacy commissioners. In New Zealand it is 9 – 14 May 2016. Funnily enough the theme for both privacy weeks is “Privacy in your hands.”
The release Read the rest of this entry »
April 19, 2016
Slate magazine described 2015 as the year of the drone. It was probably being somewhat premature. The limit to drone use and capability has not been reached.
The use of drones still raises issues and strong opposition with “humans on drones” violence as reported in Read the rest of this entry »
DLA Piper has released its annual Data Protection Laws of the World for 2016. It is quite a good resource though necessarily general.
It is interesting to see that Australia is Read the rest of this entry »
The phone hacking scandal in the UK, with the News of the World being the biggest offender, has had a seismic effect on regulation, not to mention giving the law of privacy a kick a long. The scandal Read the rest of this entry »
April 15, 2016
It is hardly news to those who practice in the area that many Australian organisations generally place data security and privacy well down the priority list. That is partly, and significantly, because Read the rest of this entry »
April 11, 2016
In Re Manlio (No 2) [2016] VSC 130 Justice MacDonald took quite serious action under powers under the Civil Procedure Act 2010 (the “CPA”) with significant consequences for a counsel involved in the case. This decision relates to the conduct of the legal representatives, not the substantive case itself. That decision was handed down on 21 December 2015 in Re Manlio [2015] VSC 733.
It is a particularly informative decision as to Read the rest of this entry »