AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business — Episode 7: Trans-Pacific Business: Australia and the U.S. - Part 2
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business — Episode 7: Trans-Pacific Business: Australia and the U.S. - Part 1
Season 2 Episode 5- Defense Trade Down Under
Patent Grace Period Considerations in Australia, Japan, South East Asia and the U.S.
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: The Future of Transfer Pricing in Australia: Implications of the Glencore Decision
Jones Day Talks: Doing Deals Down Under: Australia's Foreign Direct Investment Regime
What is the Current State of Anti-Bribery Compliance & Enforcement in Australia?
Front-Line Video: An Interview with Jane Ellis, Anti-Bribery and Compliance Expert
After nearly five years of review, the first tranche of amendments to Australia’s Privacy Act has landed (Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Cth) (Bill)). The Bill introduces 23 of the 25 legislative proposals...more
Voluntary AI Ethics Principles guide responsible AI development in Australia, with potential reforms under consideration. Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (the “AI Regulations”) Australia has not yet enacted any...more
Alongside the recent CJEU judgment on automated decision making in Schufa (see the Allen & Overy blog ) there are a range of developments related to ADM in other jurisdictions. UK developments - The UK Parliament is...more
Welcome to the third edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! After five class actions were filed between June 28 and July 11 (as reported on in our first edition of this series), on July 21, another class action lawsuit...more
In support of Privacy Awareness Week and this year’s theme of ‘back to basics’, we provide you with an in-depth analysis of the key proposals that arise from the Attorney General’s Final Privacy Act Review Report (Report)...more
How can organizations remain privacy-compliant in a world where differing laws keep emerging? This is a continuous struggle for many as new developments materialize around the globe. From amended laws to entirely new...more
Increased penalties and wider application of the scope of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) come into effect shortly, with the Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022 (Bill) now...more
The Australian House of Representatives voted in support of new legislation that aims to increase penalties for privacy breaches (on 9 November 2022)....more
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner issued a determination earlier this fall about 7-Eleven’s use of “faceprints.” The OAIC found the convenience store improperly collected faceprint information without...more
Issue 2: 10 in 10 Employers are exploring methods to better ensure the safety of their employees against the COVID-19 pandemic and the continued risk the pandemic poses to return to work initiatives. One potential...more
Stricter data privacy regulations and enforcement is no longer a new trend, it’s the known future. Living in a world of increasing data that often contains private information, lawmakers in several countries have realized the...more
Australia has started to observe a rise in the number of data breach class actions being investigated and filed, although there has not yet been a successful data breach class action there. A range of factors are at play...more
The Situation: The Notifiable Data Breach scheme, introduced by amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), requires an assessment when an entity suspects that there may have been loss of, unauthorised access to, or...more
If your organization has a website, it probably needs a publicly posted privacy notice explaining how personal data is (or is not) collected, used, protected, and shared. Privacy notices are expressly required under some...more
On the heels of the European Union's General Data Protection law, which went into effect in May 2018, California has enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA")—the result of an 11th-hour compromise between...more
Australia's Data Breach Bill amends the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) ("Privacy Act") and requires private and public organisations regulated by the Privacy Act to notify affected individuals and the Australian Information...more
On December 28, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services ("DFS") released a revised version of a proposed regulation that would require banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions...more
On February 13, 2017, the Australian Senate passed a bill establishing a mandatory requirement to notify the Privacy Commissioner and affected individuals of “eligible” data breaches. The Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data...more
On February 13, 2017 Australia became one more among nation states adopting data breach notification legislation. In recent House and Senate votes, the Australian Parliament amended the Privacy Act 1988, introducing mandatory...more
On 13 February 2017, the Australian Senate passed into law the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016. This law amends the primary privacy and data protection legislation in Australia, Privacy Act 1988 (Cth),...more
In 2015, several countries introduced new data privacy regulations and approved new data protection regulators. As the year draws to a close, Australia joins the list of countries advancing new data privacy legislation with...more
Part I of this article addressed basic concepts of data privacy as set out in the policies of numerous regional and multilateral organizations, including the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”),...more
Commercial credit providers and utilities are not required to join a recognised external dispute resolution scheme to participate in credit reporting until 12 March 2015. ...more
Effective March 12, 2014, Australia will adopt new legislation which will require compliance by Canadian businesses that have a website and collect personal information from Australians, or have an Australian link. Software...more
In This Issue: - Ramifications of the Target Data Breach - California Federal Judge Winnows Down Massive Privacy Class Action - White House Launches “Big Data” Review - Senator Rockefeller Issues Data Broker...more